Jantar Mantar: Jaipur's Astronomical Marvel

Jantar Mantar: Marvelling at Ancient Astronomical Engineering

We’re back! Just wrapped up a fantastic 15-day family trip to Rajasthan, India. And while we were in Jaipur, there was no way I was going to miss Jantar Mantar, that incredible astronomical observatory built way back in 1728 by Sawai Jai Singh II. It’s truly a marvel!

This place is packed with a ton of fascinating measurement instruments, including the Brihat Samrat Yantra – which, get this, is the largest sundial in the entire world!

I won’t dive too deep into all the historical nitty-gritty (that’s what Wikipedia is for, right? 😉), but here are some shots from what’s widely considered the largest stone astronomical observatory on the planet: