Jantar Mantar, Varanasi

Jantar Mantar
Digansh Yantra
TypeObservatory
LocationVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates25°18′28″N 83°00′39″E / 25.307721°N 83.010701°E / 25.307721; 83.010701
Elevation75.6 meters
FounderMaharaja Jai Singh II
Built1737
Jantar Mantar, Varanasi is located in India
Jantar Mantar, Varanasi
Location of Jantar Mantar in India

Jantar Mantar is an observatory built in Varanasi in the year 1737 by Maharaja Jai Singh II of kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). The observatory is one of the five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II.[1][2]

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