🏛️ The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

India · Asia · Cultural · 26.92°N, 75.83°E

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The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
The Jantar Mantar in New Delhi is an observatory, designed to be used with the naked eye. It is one of five Jantar Mantars in India. "Jantar Mantar" means 'instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens'. It consists of 13 architectural astronomical instruments.

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CountryIndia
Continent / regionAsia
List type🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)26.92°N, 75.83°E · view on map

The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur is a cultural World Heritage site in India, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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