Jantar Mantar
In Jairpur, the capital of the Federal State of
Rhajasthan situated in the west of India, you will find one of the most timeless and
culturally independent pieces of architecture in the world. A place of religion and
science still in its own unsecularized integrity, only comparable with the witnesses
in stone of the archaic cultures.
The Jantar-Mantar (Sanskrit; translated as "Magical Device") was built between 1728
and 1734 due to the drafts of Maharaja Jai Singh II (1693 -1743) in the centre of
Jaipur, which itself was founded 1727 as new capital city of his principality. The
true meaning and purpose of the observatory mostly lies in darkness as does the
biography of Jai Singh II. There are only a few hints and many legends and
interpretations.
The following description telies upon the rare material available at Jaipur in 1993,
informations and tales I got at the observatory and my personal observations. It is my
very personal approach and interpretation basing on many years of examination of
Hinduism and ancient cultures.
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