Jantar Mantar in New Delhi was built in 1724 by Raja Jai Singh II of Jaipur. It is an astronomical observatory with masonry instruments. It has has instruments that can calculate the movement of sun , the moon and the stars. Jantar Mantar Delhi has the Samrat Yantra, Jai Prakash, Ram Yantra, Niyati Chakra, Misra Yantra. The other observatories built by Raja Jai Singh are in Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura.
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