At the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar
The large collection of architectural astronomical instrument here were built at a scale large enough to enable a larger degree of precision.  To use these instruments, one had to be "inside" the instrument.  And in order to preserve the geometric dimensions at a high level of precision, most were built with marble, granite or similar long lasting material, and thus the whole place is like a huge collection of monochromatic sculptures -- and thus my inspiration in doing this picture......

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