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jantar mantar, jaipur, rajasthan jantar mantar the jantar mantar monument is in jaipur, it is royal observatory built by rajput king maharaja sawai jai singh ii, and completed in ce. the king also built jantar mantar in new delhi, varanasi, mathura, and ujjain. it consists of nineteen architectural astronomical
instruments for measuring time, predicting solar & lunar eclipses, ascertaining the declinations of planets, tracking locations of major stars as the earth moves around the sun, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides. it also features the world's largest stone sundial. it has...
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