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Ujjayinee Present Ujjain in MP. One of the 7 sacred cities of Hindu; the others
being Ayodhyaa (in UP), Mathuraa (in UP), Maayaa Pur (Haridwaar in UP),
Kaashee (Vaaraanasee, or Banaaras in UP), Kaanchee (Kaancheepuram in
Tamilnaadu), and Dwaarakaa (in Gujraat). One king Vikramaaditya used to live
here in this city. Shree Krishn, Balaraam and Sudaamaa studied here
under Saandeepan Muni. [Ujjayinee
was described by Sanskrit poet Kaali Daas in very admiring language in
his Meghdoot poetry. It was the capital of Avantee, when Buddha was
born. It is one of the oldest cities of India. In the 18th century AD,
Jaya Sinh, the king of Jayapur, chose Ujjayinee to build an astronomical
observatory. It is here that Vikram Samvat (calendar) started in 58 BC,
named after king Vikramaaditya. During the 1st and 2nd centuries AD,
Ujjayinee had developed into one of the foremost centers of learning in
India for studying mathematics, astronomy and literary composition,
especially drama. It is one of the seven holy cities for Hindu. It has
Mahaakaaleshwar temple which is one of the 12 Jyotirling Shiv
temples."] It stands on the 1st meridian of longitude for Hindoo astronomers who believed that Tropic of Cancer also passed through the site, so there is an astronomical observatory built by Raajaa Jaya Sinh II of Jayapur around 1730 when he was the Governor of Maalavaa under the Mugal Emperor Muhammad Shaah. Even today the Ephemeris are published here. It is very small in comparison to Jaya Sinh's other observatories, Jantar-Mantar in Dehlee and Jayapur and contains only five instruments. There are
several temples there - Mahaakaaleshwar Temple, Bade Ganesh Jee Kaa
Mandir, Harsiddhi Mandir, Gopaal mandir, Chintaamani Ganesh Temple.
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