Jantar Mantar

Jantar Mantar in is an , designed to be used with the naked eye. It is one of five Jantar Mantars in India. "Jantar Mantar" means "instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens".
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  • Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historical place in New Delhi
  • Also known as: “Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory, Delhi” and “Jantar Mantar, New Delhi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Charkha Museum and Gurdwara Bangla Sahib.

Museum
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The is a spinning wheel museum located in , . This has been built on the already built garden in . is situated 480 metres north of Jantar Mantar.

Gurdwara
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is one of the most prominent Sikh gurdwaras, or Sikh house of worship, in , India, and known for its association with the eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Krishan, as well as the holy pond inside its complex, known as the "Sarovar." Originally a bungalow of Raja Jai Singh I of Amber, it was rebuilt as a small shrine by Sikh General Sardar Baghel Singh in 1783. is situated 760 metres west of Jantar Mantar.

Archaeological site
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is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical stepwell in , India. Located on Hailey Road, near , Jantar Mantar, it was designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958. is situated 1 km east of Jantar Mantar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Delhi and North New Delhi.

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, on the eastern bank of the Yamuna River, is one of the victims of the city's urban sprawls over the last decades. Although not particularly attractive for history buffs, is home to the Akshardham, Delhi's largest Hindu temple.

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is the commercial enclave of , north of the . It consists of Connaught Place, the city's commercial heart, as well as the Supreme Court, the symbol of India's judiciary.

Suburb
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, often used as a metonym for the seat of the Government of India, is an area of , housing India's most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India on a citadel and the , housing the Prime Minister's Office and several other important ministries.

Jantar Mantar

Latitude
28.6271° or 28° 37′ 38″ north
Longitude
77.2166° or 77° 12′ 60″ east
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
7JWVJ6G8+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223456559
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6619408
Wiki­data ID
Q2045115
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Urdu—“Jantar Mantar” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “যন্তৰ মন্তৰ, নতুন দিল্লী”
  • Bengali: “যন্তর মন্তর, নতুন দিল্লি”
  • Bhojpuri: “जंतर मंतर”
  • Cebuano: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Czech: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Dutch: “Jantar Mantar”
  • French: “Jantar Mantar”
  • German: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נטאר מנטאר”
  • Hindi: “जंतर मंतर, दिल्ली”
  • Hindi: “जंतर मंतर”
  • Japanese: “ジャンタル・マンタル (ニューデリー)”
  • Japanese: “ヤントラ・マンディル”
  • Kashmiri: “جنتر منتر، نٔو دِل”
  • Kashmiri: “جنتر منتر”
  • Malayalam: “ജന്തർ മന്തർ, ന്യൂഡൽഹി”
  • Malayalam: “ജന്ദർ മന്ദർ”
  • Marathi: “जंतर मंतर”
  • Nepali: “जंतर मंतर”
  • Nepali: “जन्तर मन्तर, दिल्ली”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੰਤਰ ਮੰਤਰ, ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ”
  • Polish: “Dźantar Mantar”
  • Polish: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Portuguese: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Russian: “Джантар-Мантар”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Джантар-мантар”
  • Sanskrit: “08”
  • Slovenian: “Jantar Mantar”
  • Swedish: “Jantar Mantar i Delhi”
  • Swedish: “Jantar Mantar, Delhi”
  • Tamil: “சந்தர் மந்தர், புதுதில்லி”
  • Telugu: “జంతర్ మంతర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Джантар-Мантар”
  • Urdu: “جنتر منتر، دہلی”
  • Urdu: “جنتر منتر، نئی دہلی”
  • “जंतर मंतर, दिल्ली”

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