The Brihat Samrat Yantra is the world’s largest sundial. Built of stone, it stands at a height of 88 feet and has its face ...
The Jantar Mantar observatory, in the bustling heart of New Delhi, was built in the 1720s to monitor the celestial movements that India’s royal rulers believed governed their fate. Today, the ...
Isamu Noguchi’s photo of Mishra Yantra instrument at the Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi, India (1949) (all images courtesy Noguchi Museum) Noguchi often traveled with the intent of absorbing the ...
The turmoil of constant local wars and foreign invasions prompted Jaipur’s ruler, Jai Singh II, to begin building Jantar Mantar in 1724. The astronomical observatory would allow soothsayers to monitor ...
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