Vrihat Samrat Yantra - Jaipur
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| Address : | Jantar Mantar, Malve Nagar, J.D.A. Market, Pink City, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302007, India |
| Postal code : | 302007 |
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Vishnu Sharma on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is great
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Narendra Maurya on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It's accuracy is almost 2 second
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Geetha Pai on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Samrat Yantra is named after Pandit Jaganath Samrat who helped Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in studying astronomy.
There are 2 Samrat Yantras, Vrihat(big) & Laghu(small) Samrat Yantra.
Samrat Yantra is a sun dial with 2 parts, an inclined ramp(gnomon) & a curved scale with markings on either side.
The triangular ramp is aligned with the axis of Jaipur, in the N-S direction, pointing towards the North Pole.
The ramps shadow as it falls on the semi-circular curves, gives the local Jaipur time.
As the sun rises from bottom(E) to top (W), the shadow moves from top to bottom.
The 2 circular scales are divided into 6 hr each, for the morning & the afternoon segments.
Vrihat Samrat Yantra
It is the largest sundial, with a gnomon 22.6m high & quadrants radius 15.5m.
It gives local time to 2 sec accuracy.
Each hour is divided into ½ hr, ¼ hr, 5 min, 1 min. Each min has 10 subdivisions each of 6 sec, each has 3 divisions of 2 sec each.
Therefore, the accuracy of this sundial is 2 sec.
Laghu Samrat Yantra.
In this sun dial, each minute is divided into 3 divisions, so the accuracy is ⅓ of a min, or 20 sec.
To convert the time obtained from this instrument to our clock time, correction factor to be added is displayed.
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Dhruv Bhargava on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Virat Yantra located inside the Jantar Mantar Jalebi Chowk Gangori Bazar Jaipur. The biggest & Largest Sundial in the world. Jantar Mantar Jaipur is an 18th century astronomical observatory and a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE situated in the heart of Jaipur City. The Yantra is also known great king of instruments is heaving 88 feet (27m).
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Rajesh Mahale on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is the largest stone astronomical observatory in the World. It is located just next to the city palace of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Built during the period between 1727 and 1733, the Jantar Mantar is still in a running condition and it stands as a witness regarding the wisdom of former age.
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