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When she got down, she said, “at least I did it!!!” That’s my girl!

The jantar mantar is Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy exhibits. Maharaja Jai Singh II was given the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables.
The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. Some of these purposes nowadays would be classified as astronomy.

Sun dials…….
We each stood by our astrological sign. Maddux was born on October 23rd (on the cusp of Libra and Scorpio.) He seems way more like a Libra, to me, but this monument said he was a Scorpio.
Jesse is also a Scorpio, Emerson is a Virgo, Lennon is a Leo and I am a Capricorn.

It is magical!!!!!

We hiked up to Monkey Temple. Emerson was freaked because she was sure that I was going to get attacked, get bitten, get rabies and die. She was still recovering from the monkey mob from the day before at the castle. We made it and we learned how to fight off monkeys from the woman in these pictures. She lives up at the top and is the temple caretaker. She says the monkeys drive her nuts! She has to pick up rocks to threaten them and waves her arms while screaming and growling at them. While we were talking to her, a little guy snuck up and ran away with one of Lennon’s shoes. She went running after him, he got scared and threw it down. At night there is a leopard that keeps the monkeys away- that is when she gets some peace and quiet.