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India GatevsJantar Mantar
India Gate and Jantar Mantar are both recommended by professionals. Overall, Jantar Mantar scores slightly higher than India Gate. Jantar Mantar has a TripExpert Score of 74 with accolades from 5 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure and concierge.com.
India Gate
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Afar Magazine
Lonely Planet
New Delhi, India
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Fodor's "This massive sandstone arch was designed... in memory of the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who fell in World War I and the Third Afghan War." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "The gardens around India Gate are a pleasant place to saunter and people-watch." Full review
Afar Magazine "The monument resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and commemorates the 71,000 soldiers who lost their lives in World War I." Full review
Lonely Planet "Constantly thronged by tourists, is India Gate... 42m-high stone memorial arch." Full review
Jantar Mantar Fodor's
Concierge Lonely Planet Condé Nast Traveler
Michelin Guide
Travel + Leisure
Connaught Place, New Delhi, India
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Fodor's "This odd grouping of what might seem like random modern sculptures is actually a huge sundial and open-air observatory." Full review
Concierge "Jantar Mantar (meaning "instruments for mathematical calculation") is an observatory built by Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur back in 1724."
Lonely Planet "The most eccentric-seeming of Delhi’s historic sites, Jantar Mantar... is an odd collection of curving geometric buildings." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "An observatory built by Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur back in 1724." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The Jantar Mantar of Delhi, an early-18C astronomical observatory, was designed on the request of the emperor, by the founding maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh II." Full review
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The Jantar Mantar of Delhi, an early-18C astronomical observatory, was designed on the request of the emperor, by the founding maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh II.
Travel + Leisure "Built in 1724 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, the Jantar Mantar is a collection of oversized astronomy instruments ranging from sun dials to meridian locators" Full review
