~ Astronomers of various faiths pitched in to help design the Jantar Mantar<\/p>\n
~ Jai Singh II is regarded as a pioneer in the popularisation of science in India<\/p>\n
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Goa Khabar: One of India\u2019s most iconic scientific marvels, the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, is a cosmopolitan space created with ideas from astronomy scholars of various religious backgrounds, including Jesuit priests stationed in Goa, according to philosopher and science historian Dhruv Raina.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raina, who delivered a lecture at the MOG Sundays, an initiative of the Museum of Goa, Pilerne,<\/p>\n on the significance of the 18th century astronomical observation site, also said that the site is \u201ctruly an innovation far ahead of its time\u201d and intrinsically secular in nature.<\/p>\n #ADVT 37 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0921\u093e \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0930\u094d\u0927\u0947\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e 7 \u0928\u094b\u0935\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902\u092c\u0930 2023 \u091a\u0947 \u0935\u0947\u0933\u093e\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cMany Jesuits who came to India from France were astronomers. They interacted with local traditions and ways of doing astronomy. Jai Singh II wrote to the Governor of Goa to tell him that he needed some astronomers and the governor sent some Jesuit priests,\u201d he said. Hence, Jai Singh II\u2019s endeavour facilitated interactions between Muslim, Brahmin and Christian astronomers, making it a secular space, Raina suggested.<\/p>\n ADVT :\u0926\u0940\u092a\u093e\u0935\u0932\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924 \u091c\u0917\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0924 \u092e\u094b\u0920\u0940 9 \u0935\u0940 \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932 \u0917\u094b\u0935\u093e \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936 \u0915\u0902\u0926\u0940\u0932 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0930\u094d\u0927\u093e 10 \u0928\u094b\u0935\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902\u092c\u0930 2023 \u0930\u094b\u091c\u0940 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0930\u093e \u092f\u0947\u0925\u0947.\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932 \u0917\u094b\u0935\u093e \u092c\u0930\u094b\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u0933\u0902\u0917\u0941\u091f \u0906\u0923\u093f \u0936\u093f\u0935\u094b\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0902\u0918\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0935\u093f\u091c\u0947\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0933\u0923\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u091c\u093e\u0930\u094b \u0930\u0942\u092a\u092f\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0940 \u092c\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940\u0938\u0947..\u0938\u0939\u092d\u093e\u0917\u0940 \u0935\u094d\u0939\u093e..\u092c\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940\u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0915\u093e!<\/p><\/div>\n The site, which features the world\u2019s largest stone sundial and now holds UNESCO World Heritage status, was built by the founder of Jaipur and Rajput ruler Jai Singh II built the Jantar Mantar in pursuit of accurate scientific knowledge and its production. The sun dial is colloquially known as the \u2018Samrat Yantra\u2019 or \u2018King of Instruments\u2019.<\/p>\n While architectural traditions of the Indian subcontinent generally promote symbolic carvings on all surfaces, the walls of the Jantar Mantar are intentionally left bare, according to the academician. Conceptualised as a scientific space, Raina said this should lack distractions as there are people of different persuasions working together and you cannot appeal to the aesthetic sentiments of a favoured community. \u201cThe architecture here conforms to that idea,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Jantar Mantar (jantar\u00a0translates to instrument and\u00a0mantar\u00a0refers to a calculation method), site has been extensively studied by science historians. It facilitates observation of celestial positions through the naked eye. It comprises 19 astronomical devices.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Raina, the Jantar Mantar is an improved and innovative version of the Samarkand observatory in Ulugbek, Uzbekistan, which is another testament to its cosmopolitanism. He also mentioned that\u00a0the observatory conforms to Bauhausian or Modernist trends in architecture almost a century before the emergence of modern scientific spaces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Jantar Mantar\u2019s construction has both religious and socio-political significance. There was a demand for calendrical reform within the Mughal Empire for secularisation of time. This would help plot widespread campaigns and days of reverence accurately. As Jai Singh II was both the ruler of Amber and an official of the Mughal Empire with an affinity for astronomy, he was approached with the task and consequently constructed the laboratories.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raina also talked about how Jai Singh II built five Jantar Mantars \u2013 in Benaras, Mathura, Ujjain, Delhi and Jaipur, respectively \u2013 as he thought building more laboratories would enable more people to make accurate observations. \u201cLong before people talked about the popularisation of science, Jai Singh II made the laboratories available to many astronomers and astrologers to rectify existing inaccuracies,\u201d he said. This is mentioned in Jai Singh II\u2019s almanack titled \u2018Zij-i-Muhammed Sh\u0101hi\u2019 in dedication to the then-Mughal emperor Muhammed Shah in Delhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ~ Astronomers of various faiths pitched in to help design the Jantar Mantar ~ Jai Singh II is regarded as a pioneer in the popularisation of science in India Goa Khabar: One of India\u2019s most iconic scientific marvels, the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, is a cosmopolitan space created with ideas from astronomy scholars of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":91478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-91477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91479,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91477\/revisions\/91479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/397561221_829224859209900_6906299994425869118_n-163x300.jpg\")
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