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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Chandni Chowk, outside
City Palace.
Tel (0141) 261 0494.
Open daily. Closed public hols.
& free on Mon. Extra charges
Jantar Mantar
The complex of stone and metal instruments was for photography. 8 m
repaired with the addition of marble inlay
comissioned by Madho Singh II in 1901.

. Samrat Yantra
Jai Singh believed that gigantic
instruments would give more
accurate results. This 27-m (89-ft)
high sundial forecasts the crop
prospects for the year.

Hawa Mahal

Rashivalaya Yantra
This is composed of 12 pieces, each of which
represents a sign of the zodiac and therefore
faces a different constellation. This yantra
(instrument), used by astrologers to draw up
horoscopes, is the only one of its kind.

. Jai Prakash Yantra
These two sunken hemispheres map out
the heavens. Some historians believe that
Jai Singh invented this instrument himself,
to verify the accuracy of all the other
instruments in the observatory.

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