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Astronomical Significance of Sun-Dials in Srirangapatna, Karnataka, India


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1 Department of Physics, JECRC University, Jaipur 303 905, India
2 Manipal University Jaipur 303 007, India
3 Astronomy and Astrophysics Resource Development and Research Academy (AARDRA), Jaipur 302 017, India
 

This article reports astronomical significance of two special sun-dials installed by Tipu Sultan in Sriran-gapatna in Karnataka, India. One sun-dial is situated in Jamia Masjid, a prominent mosque and the other is situated in Hyder Ali’s tomb, popularly known as Gumbaz. These sun-dials are very different from most known sun-dials in design and concept. Both the sun-dials are quite identical. The astronomical idea upon which these sun-dials were designed are explored and reported here.

Keywords

Analema, Local Time, Time Calibration, Stone Observatories, Sun-Dials.
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Authors

Aalok Pandya
Department of Physics, JECRC University, Jaipur 303 905, India
Tej Bahadur
Manipal University Jaipur 303 007, India
Sandip Bhattacharya
Astronomy and Astrophysics Resource Development and Research Academy (AARDRA), Jaipur 302 017, India

Abstract


This article reports astronomical significance of two special sun-dials installed by Tipu Sultan in Sriran-gapatna in Karnataka, India. One sun-dial is situated in Jamia Masjid, a prominent mosque and the other is situated in Hyder Ali’s tomb, popularly known as Gumbaz. These sun-dials are very different from most known sun-dials in design and concept. Both the sun-dials are quite identical. The astronomical idea upon which these sun-dials were designed are explored and reported here.

Keywords


Analema, Local Time, Time Calibration, Stone Observatories, Sun-Dials.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi5%2F811-816