Tag Archives: Astrology

Jantar Mantar Jaipur

Posted on March 7, 2014 by annetbell

Posted  first on March 14, 2013by annetbell These handsome guards asked if we wanted pictures with them, so of course we did. Then they asked for money!   Jaipur is definitely more of a tourist town.  They got us!  We were ready … Continue reading →

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On November 5, 2013, India became a member of an elite group of countries US, Russia, China, and Japan sending rockets to  Mars to explore the many  question of  the “Red Planet.”The Indian ship, Mangalyaan which means “Mars Craft” in … Continue reading →

Posted on November 6, 2013 by annetbell | 7 Comments

Jantar Mantar

Posted on March 14, 2013 by annetbell

This is one of the five observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh II and is the best preserved and  largest. The park contains sixteen instruments and after four hundred years some are still used to forecast hot summers, the expected … Continue reading →

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