Jantar Mantar, Ujjain
Tourist Attraction
Jantar Mantar, Ujjain
The Jantar Mantar in Ujjain, also known as Vedh Shala, is an astronomical observatory built by Maharaja Jai Singh II between 1725 and 1730 AD. It is one of the five Jantar Mantars in India, with the others located in Jaipur, Delhi, Mathura, and Varanasi.
The observatory in Ujjain is particularly significant because Ujjain is considered the "Greenwich of India", as the first meridian of longitude in the Indian tradition passes through it.
The observatory houses several architectural astronomy instruments, including the Samrat Yantra (a large sundial), Niyati Chakra, and Digyansha Yantra, which were used for various astronomical calculations such as determining the time of day, positions of the sun, stars, and planets, and predicting eclipses.
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Jantar Mantar, Ujjain is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
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