During the ancient and medieval times there were many in India who developed a fascination for astronomy and there are ample references to stars and planets in Indian myths and legends.
The man who gave a scientific base to these beliefs was Sawai Jai Singh-ll the Maharaja of Jaipur who built five grand observatories called Jantar Mantar (a corrupted version of Yantra Mantra---Yantra for instrument and Mantra for formula), located at Delhi, Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. All were built between 1724 and 1730 A.D. The observatories, in the words of historian V. Balaswaroop are, "monuments that irradiate a dark period of Indian history."
The man who gave a scientific base to these beliefs was Sawai Jai Singh-ll the Maharaja of Jaipur who built five grand observatories called Jantar Mantar (a corrupted version of Yantra Mantra---Yantra for instrument and Mantra for formula), located at Delhi, Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. All were built between 1724 and 1730 A.D. The observatories, in the words of historian V. Balaswaroop are, "monuments that irradiate a dark period of Indian history."
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