Esther's photos with the keyword: Jantar

Tower near the Jantar Mantar Obervatory (1728-1732), Jaipur, India AIMG_5001

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II ruled what now is the state of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India from 1699 to 1743. In 1728 he founded the capital city of Jaipur and built the Jantar Mantar (literally "House of Instruments") Observatory there between the years 1728 and 1732.. Jai Prakash Yantra is the name of one of the astronomical instruments. It consists of two hemispheres . This is a photograph of one of them. The surfaces of the hemisphers are made of marble and are inscribed with lines corresponding to celestial latitude and longitude. A small marker is suspended by a wire at the center of each hemisphere. The location of the shadow of the sun permits the celestial coordinates of the sun to be determined from the markings on the hemisphere segments. The people who visit this historic site cast their own shadows on these historic astronomical instruments. AIMG_4998

The beautiful colors of this woman's sari caught my eye. She was working at the Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur, India IMG_5006

Narivalaya Yantra sundial at the Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur, India was built between 1728 and 1732. It very accurately measures the local solar time at the latitude of Jaipur. IMG_5002

This is a close up of the center of the Narivalaya Yantra sundial at the Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur, India. the observatory was built between 1728 and 1732 IMG_5003