Jantar Mantar, Delhi

JANTAR MANTAR

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh's Observatory in Delhi

by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji

Price: Rs. 680, First Edition: 2010

ISBN 81- 903591- 1- 8

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Jantar Mantar: Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh's Observatory In Delhi

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Anisha Shekhar Mukherji's new book, an informative history and field guide, explains the enigma that is the Delhi Jantar Mantar. Based on over a decade of extensive research, it uses archival images, photographs, drawings and sketches, to unravel how the 300 year old Jantar Mantar Observatory looked and worked in the past. Carry this book to the Jantar Mantar and walk around the instruments with it. Or read it before and after your visit to understand one of the world’s most unusual and intriguing works of architecture.

Each instrument of the Jantar Mantar is explained separately as a guided ‘walk’. The book includes information on traditional Indian astronomy, and on the political and cultural background of this ‘royal observatory’ established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II. It not only traces its transformation into ‘an archaeological monument’, but also charts the way ahead by which the Delhi Jantar Mantar’s historical function may be revived and conserved for future generations.

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