1719 The observatory was constructed by Maharaja Sawai Raja Jaisingh of Jaipur in 1719 when he was in Ujjain as the Governor of Malwa under the reign of king Muhammad Shah of Delhi. I had the opportunity to visit Jantar mantra in Jan 2017 to see the Nadi Valaya Yantra and other yantra carefully for how they work. I … Continue reading The Vedi has the Memory of Observation of Shadows of Gnomon at Equator
Agastya and MahendragiriImplication of Astronomy on geography We come across many "Tirthas" across the Indian peninsula which is attributed to many Hindu deities and divinities. But we also have tirthas of Rishis like Vasiṣṭhatīrtha and Agastyatīrtha from the list of sacred place. Since we are going to talk about Agatsya and Mt. Mahendra from Ramayana … Continue reading Agastya and Mahendragiri- How Ramayana’s evidence of 12209 BCE solves the coinage of the word “Vindhya” of Vindhya-Parvata-(Epoch 38000 BCE)
In the previous blog we saw how the beginning of seasons went to Asuras via Kṛttikāḥ being at autumnal equinox. I have already taken Tai. Bra text to 10,000 BCE w.r.t Saṃvatsara in Viśuva-Vernal Equinox at Uttarā Phālgunī in one of my blogs. The previous blogs go little further back into antiquity around 15,000 BCE … Continue reading Kṛttikādi and 28 constellation system
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