Jantar Mantar is an eminent and most visited tourist destination of Delhi. This is also taken as great master piece of Indian Architecture. Jantar Mantar is situated at Parliament Street and very near to Connaught palace. Another name of Jantar Mantar is Delhi Observatory.
Jantar mantar is an extraordinary structure which consists of fourteen geometric devices.
These Geometric devices are used for time measurement, Weather forecasting, Analyze planet's behavior and to explore extraterrestrial altitude. All fourteen devices are fixed and set in particular directions. Samrat Jantar is the largest device which is 90 feet high. You won't believe, Shadow of Samrat Jantar is plotted in such a way which shows the accurate time..
Hindu Chhatri is a dome shaped structure and used for weather forecasting. Any kind of weather change and monsoon is predicted through Hindu Chhatri. Complete structure of Jantar Mantar is made up of stone and marble. It is one of the National monuments of India.