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J6G8+JJC, Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India
Its very helphul to the astronomers to find out the zenith distance and the altitude of the sun
No need to appraise this fantastic Monumental legacy of Indian Astronomers, Perfect, well maintained, accurate with high precision, kept intact.
Truly amazing architecture for calculating the time.
Ram Yantra was named after the grand father (Raja Ram Singh) of Maharaja Jai Singh. This was used to be measurement of horizontal and vertical angle of celestial bodies. It is counted amongst Jai Singh's medium precision instruments. This is a cylindrical instrument consisting of two large buildings open to the sky.
A circular sundial used to locate stars apparently.....dates back to 18th century built by Raja Sawai Singh II ......









