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Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar:
A collection of architectural astronomical instruments build by king of at new Jaipur in 1727-1734.
He has constructed total of five such structures at different locations including Jaipur and Delhi.
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The largest sundial of the world Samrat, its function is to indicate solar time of the place.
On a clear day, due to sun’s orientation, Samrat cast shadow on quadrant scale at on point and travels to another with movement of sun.
Shadow on quadrant scale identifies the local time. For finding altitudes and azimuth angle of celestial objects instruments like Kapali Yantra and Ram Yantra are used.
