Jaipur Jantar Mantar marked as UNESCO Heritage Site

Posted on August 9, 2010 by deeps

Jantar Mantar - An astronomical observatory of the 8th Century in India, was built in the cities of Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, Varanasi and New Delhi.

Jaipur one, being the biggest has been granted world heritage status by UNESCO. The decision was taken after reviewing 37 sites in a UNESCO member meeting at Brasilia.

This will definitely boost the tourism sector in Jaipur and Rajasthan in whole.

Read the full article at TOI

No related posts.

This entry was posted in Jaipur and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

One Response to Jaipur Jantar Mantar marked as UNESCO Heritage Site

  1. Pingback: DashingArticles.com

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>