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ABSTRACT
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 2009, which had been designated as the 'Year of Astronomy' by UNESCO. Since its inscription there has been a concerted effort by the Government of Rajasthan to safeguard the site and its buffer zone and promote its significance. A Management Plan for Jantar Mantar was initially submitted in 2009 with an implementation period of five years and has since been updated and revised. Three secondary plans addressing aspects of interpretation, mobility and site planning and landscaping have been developed, linking to the objectives of the Management Plan and a fourth plan addressing disaster risks to the site is currently being proposed as well. Jantar Mantar, Jaipur is one of the few World Heritage sites in India where the Management Plan is promulgated through the Jaipur Master Plan 2025 and it is being systematically implemented in a phased manner.
NOMINATION TD INSCRIPTION (2CC9-2C1C)
The nomination of Jantar Mantar, Jaipur for World Heritage site status in 2009 marked a point in time when methods, policy and funding combined to facilitate this momentous step forward to meet the enlisted objectives by UNESCO for the 'Year of Astronomy'. The statement of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) adopted by UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the inscription of Jantar Mantar in July 2010 summarises the selection criteria as:
Criterion (iii): The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an outstanding example of the coming together of observation of the universe, society and beliefs. It provides an outstanding testimony of the ultimate culmination of the scientific and technical conceptions of the great observatory devised in the medieval world. It bears witness to very ancient cosmological, astronomical and scientific traditions shared by a major set of Western, Middle Eastern, Asian and African religions, over a period of more than 15 centuries.
Criterion (iv): The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an outstanding example of a very comprehensive set of astronomical instruments, in the heart of a royal capital at the end of the Mughal period in India. Several instruments are impressive in their dimensions, and some are the largest ever built in their category.
Inscription of Jantar Mantar, Jaipur on World Heritage List was the beginning of a tremendous responsibility for the Rajasthan...