Question

What are the layout and ratios of Jantar Mantar,New Delhi?

Answer 1

The Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables. There is a plaque fixed on one of the structures in the Jantar Mantar observatory in New Delhi that was placed there in 1910 mistakenly dating the construction of the complex to the year 1710

Answer 2

Jantar Mantar, Delhi, is one of the five observatories built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, raised between 1724 and 1730. The name of this noteworthy astronomical observatory, Jantar Mantar means 'instrument for calculation'. For being a reputed astronomer, Jai Singh was commissioned by Emperor Muhammad Shah, to correct the astronomical tables and to confirm the data that was available on the planetary positions.