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4/25/2020

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Sawai Jai Singh II - Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

4/17/2020

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Sawai Jai Singh II - Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

One of the remarkable aspects of Jai Singh’s observatories is that each site is distinctly different in size, layout, and style. While the instruments he designed are essentially the same in principle, the versions at different sites vary in size, materials, and construction.

The first observatory to be built was the observatory at Delhi in 1724. The Jaipur observatory, the most elaborate, was begun by 1728. Smaller observatories were built in Benares, Ujjain, and Mathura. Of the five observatories, all except the observatory at Mathura still exist and are publicly accessible. The Mathura observatory, and the fort in which it was housed, were demolished just before 1857.

The observatories at Delhi and Jaipur are the best known and most visited, since they are within major tourist destinations. They also feature the largest versions of the instruments Jai Singh built, and the Jaipur observatory houses the greatest number and variety of instruments.

The Jaipur observatory is by far the most elaborate and complete of Jai Singh’s projects, comprising sixteen masonry instruments and six made of metal. The observatory occupies a plot of land just outside the City Palace, within the walls of the original city.

The observatory includes a number of instruments that are not duplicated at the other sites. These include the Kappala Yantra, Rasivalaya Yantras, and Unnatamsha Yantra.

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Sawai Jai Singh II - Ved Shala or Jantar Mantar, Ujjain

Ved Shala or Jantar Mantar in Ujjain is believed to be India’s first and foremost observatory. Indian astronomers believe that the first meridian or the Prime Meridian of Longitude (75° 47′ E) passes through Ujjain thus earning it the epithet, ‘Greenwich of India’.

The Tropic of Cancer also passes through Ujjain making it most suitable for an observatory. This observatory, made by Raja Jaisingh of Amer, is among the five built by him in India, the others situated at Delhi, Jaipur, Mathura and Varanasi.

The Jantar Mantar has all the constructional instruments which determine the positions of heavenly bodies in space. Nadivalaya Yantra, Yamyotarra – Bhitti Yantra, Shanku Yantra, Nadivalaya Yantra, Samrat Yantra and Sundial are the major instruments in the Ved Shala.

Although the Jantar Mantar in Ujjain is smaller than that of Delhi and Jaipur, this observatory is most important as the Masonic instruments are still being utilized to conduct research.

​After Raja Jai Singh, the observatory remained isolated and poorly maintained for 200 years till it was renovated by Madhavrao Scindia. The Ved Shala is located on the Chintaman Road, 2.5 kms from Ujjain Railway Station and can be easily reached by local transport.

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An account of the Bramin's observatory at Benares:  By Sir Robert Barker, Knt. F.R.S.

4/16/2020

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An account of the Bramin's observatory at Benares
By Sir Robert Barker, Knt. F.R.S.; in a letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S

Published in Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, London - 1 January 1777

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Benares Observatory - 18th century

Historical artwork of colonial soldiers, merchants and locals at the astronomical site at Benares (now known as Varanasi) in India. This is one of five similar astronomical sites (all called Jantar Mantar) that were constructed in India between 1724 and 1734 for Maharaja Jai Singh II. The site consists of stone astronomical instruments (yantras), constructed to allow observation of celestial objects such as planets and to predict their movements, and to measure local time. A report on this astronomical site, titled 'An account of the Bramins Observatory at Benares' was read to the Royal Society by Sir Robert Barker in 1777.

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Observatory or Jantar-Mantar, Delhi, India

4/16/2020

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Photograph of the observatory or Jantar-Mantar, Delhi, India, by Samuel Bourne 1860s

This photograph shows some of the astronomical instruments which make up the observatory or Jantar-Mantar, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur (1699-1743). He later built similar ones in Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura (no longer survives). These astronomical instruments are built with brick rubble and plastered with lime. There is a discrepancy over the dates of construction and could be 1710 or 1724. In the photograph there are two figures on the right had side which give an indication of the scale of these structures.

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Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy 
By Virendra Nath Sharma
Published by Motilal Banarsidass - 1995
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Brush drawing, Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1740
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'Observatory of Raja Jai Singh, Delhi, 1724' 
Painted by an unknown artist in 1836
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Raja Jey Singh's Observatory, and Dasaswa Medh Ghat
Benaras - 1868
Photograph by Samuel Bourne (English, 1834 - 1912)
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View of the Jantar Mantar Observatory at the Man Mahal, built by Raja Jai Singh II, and the Dashashvamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River.
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Observerty was built on top roof of Sawai Jai Singh's residence on Man Mandirghat in 1710.
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A Guide to the Old Observatories at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, BenaresBy G.R. Kaye

4/16/2020

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A Guide to the Old Observatories at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Benares
By G.R. Kaye

Published by Superintendent, Government Printing India, Calcutta - 1920

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Painting of the Observatory at Delhi. by William Simpson, watercolour on paper, India, 1864.

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The Observatory at Delhi - 1808
Plate 20 from the fifth set of Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery' called 'Antiquities of India.' The Observatory of Delhi, the Jantar-Mantar, was built around 1724 and was one of a series of observatories built by Maharaja Savai Jai Singh II of Jaipur. Other observatories are found at Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura. The artist was fascinated by the '...singularity as well as the magnitude of such astronomical instruments'. The main instrument depicted, the Samrat-Yantra, in a different view from plate 19, is 'an equinoctial dial, consisting of a triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the earth's axis, and on either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle parallel to the plane of the equator.' In the distance is the Ram-Yantra, one of two circular structures used for calculating the horizontal (azimuth) and vertical (altitude) angles of heavenly bodies.
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The Observatory of Jai Singh, Delhi - 1826

Pencil drawing of the Observatory of Jai Singh at Delhi by an anonymous artist, 14th November 1826. Inscribed on the front is: 'Delhi. S.S.W. view of Observatory from Sketch by P.T.C. Novr. 14th 1826', with notes on the measurements and types of stone.

Known as the Jantar Mantar, this observatory in Delhi was one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II in around 1724. The Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah gave this task to Jai Singh, a keen astronomer, in order to revise the calendar and astronomical tables. The observatory contains 13 different instruments for calculating the time of day, the altitudes of heavenly bodies, the positions of constellations etc. The instruments are still used today to forecast temperatures, calculate the expected arrival, duration and intensity of the monsoon season and the likelihood of flood or famine.

Located in the Parliament Street, south Connaught Circle near Hanuman Temple. of New Delhi, Jantar Mantar is a vast observatory built to help and improve upon the studies of time and space as was known. It was built by Maharaja Jai Singh in the year 1724 and forms a part of a collection of five such observatories located in Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura.

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    Jyotish also called Vedic Astrology, Indian Astrology,  is an ancient science and art of Light.

    Jyotish is the astrology of  Yoga, Tantra, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, Indian Culture and Indian Philosophy!

    If you cut the roots off the tree , the tree of Jyotish will die. This then is a Cultural Genocide.

    Jyotisha is the eyes of the Veda's, Upanishads, Puranas and Tantra's and Indian Culture.

    If one is a sincere student of  Yoga, and Tantra it is a must to practice Jyotisha.

    Yoga is not just about physical exercise, it is a deep study that takes many years of intellectual study before one teaches.

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    Jyotisha is a holistic sacred healing system, it must be helpful to others.

    Jyotisha is a Tantra, the deep many lifetime study of karma, time and reincarnation.

    It is a  practical mystical tool and practice.

    Remedies are used to remove obstacles, to understand who we are in the universe.

    What will be our dharma, how we will make money, and enjoy this life which hopefully will lead to moksha or freedom, Vedic Astrology deals with all aspects of life including Health & Relationships.

    Jyotish was revealed to the Rishi's in order to set the  prisoners free not to hold them hostage to their karma's or enslave the individual to what is seen as malific in a chart.

    It was never meant to be fatalistic.  Yes we have fate and free will and there is a remedy for every problem, Grace of God or Goddess is the biggest remedy.

    There is always hope we always need to try and fight our way. 

    A Jyotishi is a guide a seer and points the way, a Jyotishi never traps anybody by giving a fatalistic negative reading making people feel hopeless and in despair.

    The earth is the place of suffering a Jyotishi's gift is to find a solution to bring light to the situation.

    Thus Jyotish is the science and art of Light.

    Jyotish is about understanding the bigger questions a Yogi or Yogini asks,?

    Why am I here??

    What is going on and what is next??

     How do I proceed?

    Jyotish is about understanding Purusha (consciousness) and Prakriti (phenomenal realm of matter) how it is all woven together?

    ​Jyotish is a Tantra a technique. 

    Jyotish is a sadhana it keeps the mind awake and aware and with the help of Lord Ganesha it helps us categorize life into a workable deeper understanding.

    Thus Ganesh is the Lord of Jyotish, Saraswati helps us understand and gives Wisdom. Dakshinamurti helps us put it all together. Then one would have an istata devata (favorite God or Goddess). Then worship of the 9 planets.

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