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The Jantar Mantar monument in Jaipur, Rajasthan is a collection of nineteen architectural astronomical instruments, built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II, and completed in 1734.
It features the world's largest stone sundial, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The name is derived from jantar (yantra, "instrument, machine"), and mantar (from mantrana, "consult, calculate").
Therefore, Jantar Mantar literally means 'calculating instrument'.
It is located near City Palace and Hawa Mahal of Jaipur, the monument features masonry, stone and brass instruments that were built using astronomy and instrument design principles of ancient Hindu Sanskrit texts.
Each instrument carries an astronomical scale, generally marked on the marble inner lining.
Bronze tablets, bricks and mortar were also employed in building the instruments in the monument spread over about 18,700 square metres.
It was in continuous use until about 1800, then fell in disuse and disrepair.
Restored again several times during the British colonial rule, particularly in 1902, the Jantar Mantar was declared a national monument in 1948.
It was restored in 2006.
The restoration process in early 20th century replaced some of the original materials of construction with different materials.
The instruments allow the observation of astronomical positions with the naked eye.
The observatory consists of nineteen instruments for measuring time, predicting eclipses, tracking location of major stars as the earth orbits around the sun, ascertaining the declinations of planets, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides.
The monument expresses architectural innovations, as well as the coming together of ideas from different religious and social beliefs in 18th-century India.
The observatory is an example of the Ptolemaic positional astronomy which was shared by many civilizations.
The monument features instruments operating in each of the three main classical celestial coordinate systems: the horizon-zenith local system, the equatorial system and the ecliptic system.
The Kapala Yantraprakara is one that works in two systems and allows transformation of the coordinates directly from one system to the other.
The monument was damaged in the 19th century.
Early restoration work was undertaken under the supervision of Major Arthur Garrett, a keen amateur astronomer, during his appointment as Assistant State Engineer for the Jaipur District.

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