Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (1734)

Artist/Designer: Indian

Project Location: Jaipur, India

Figure 1: Jantar Mantar Observatory Eye Level ( Photographer: Alain Steinberg )

Figure 2: Observatory
Site Photo ( Source | Accessed : April 15, 2020 )

Figure 3: Jantar Mantar Observatory Detail

Figure 4: Source: Noguchi Museum
Jantar Mantar Observatory ( Source | Accessed : April 16, 2020 )

Style/Period(s):
No Style/Period Assigned.

Primary Material(s):
Concrete

Function(s):
Education

Related Website(s):

Official website | Accessed : April 15, 2020

Wikipedia page | Accessed : April 16, 2020

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1734, 19th Century, 1876

Additional Information:
Books in Print/Publications:

Chris Stowers. 2010. The Yantra Mandir, one of the observational instruments built at the Delhi Jantar Mantar (observatory). The Dehli complex was one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards in west central India.. https://library-artstor-org.libproxy.newschool.edu/asset/APANOSIG_10313570333.

'Jantar Mantar observatories as teaching laboratories for positional astronomy'.
,2017 Mar 01,Published in Journal Resonance. Volume 22. Issue 3. Page 201 - 212.
ISSN: 0971-8044

Building Address: Completed 1734, Restoration Completed 1876

Supporting Designers:Built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II, the founder of Jaipur, Rajasthan.

TAGS: Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur, Rajasthan

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