Good news for skywatchers! Rajasthan introduce 'night sky Astro tourism' in all 33 districts

New Delhi, Mar 07: It is indeed a piece of good news for the astronomers as pushing Astro tourism in India, Rajasthan has introduced 'night time sky Astro tourism' in all 33 districts of the state. With that Rajasthan has become the first state of India to do so.

 

 

Rajasthan alone has four famous star gazing venues including Jantar-Mantar, Amber Fort, University of Maharaja, and Jawahar Kala Kendra.

 

Mugdha Sinha, Rajasthan's Department of Science and Technology Secretary, informed that besides Rajasthan, the Bikaner House in New Delhi has also been chosen as a hub for astro tourism and a telescope will be installed for tourists for skywatching.

 

 

 

Talking more about the event, she said that because of COVID-19, there was a strict lockdown, people were locked inside their houses and a number of interesting astronomical events were taking place in the sky.

 

Focusing more on the journey, she said that they later organised the star gazing session at the secretariat and the officials were also quite excited. Then the decision to launch it for the public was taken on January 21, 2021 and it was quite a hit.

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