"The Jantar Mantar, in Jaipur, is an astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. It includes a set of some 20 main fixed instruments. They are monumental examples in masonry of known instruments but which in many cases have specific characteristics of their own. Designed for the observation of astronomical positions with the naked eye, they embody several architectural and instrumental innovations. This is the most significant, most comprehensive, and the best preserved of India's historic observatories. It is an expression of the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
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Jantar Mantar of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Nice stamp of 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games used. Thanks to Sita of India.
Postcard 2
Jantar Mantar has six ancient astonomical structures and is a UNESCO World Heritage. Visited this site and I mailed this postcard from Jaipur, India.
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Another different view postcard that I bought in Jaipur when visiting Jantar Mantar in November 2016.
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A postcard of UNESCO World Heritage site of Jantar, Mantar that I bought in Jaipur, India in 2016. Thanks to Uli of Austria for helping me to mail back this postcard from Bangalore, India.
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