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The world’s largest sundial is located in India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ.

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The world's ๐ŸŒ largest sundial is located in Jaipur ๐Ÿ—บ , India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ . It is almost  27 meters (90 feet) tall having a truly impressive art ๐Ÿ–ผ of architecture over it. Sundials are the instruments ๐Ÿ•ฐthat were used to tell the time ⏰ from the 18th century ๐Ÿ‘ฉ‍๐ŸŒพ The name of the instrument is “Samrat yantra” which is a part of a very big collection of devices known as “Jantar Mantar” build for astronomy ๐Ÿช , astrology, and measuring time ๐Ÿ•ฐ. The device is telling time from almost the past 300 years. The Samrat Yantra is one of the largest and best-preserved of the ancient Big Observatories in India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ. The sundial ๐ŸŒ…is so big that its shadow ๐Ÿ‘ค moves around 6cm every minute, which attracts tourists towards it.