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{{Short description|Five planetariums in India}}
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'''Nehru Planetariums''' refer to five [[planetariums]] in India named after India's first [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. These are located in [[Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Pune]], and [[Bengaluru]]. In addition, a sixth planetarium, the [[Jawahar Planetarium]], is located in [[Prayagraj]], where Nehru was born.

The Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi is situated on the grounds of [[Teen Murti Bhavan]], previously known as '[[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]]', earlier the official residence of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and now a museum in his memory. In 1964, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund was set up to promote his ideas and it undertook to build the Nehru Planetarium with its aim being the promotion of astronomy education.  This planetarium, like its namesake in Mumbai, was also inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi on 6 February 1984.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/foct2001/f171020012.html "Features" on ''Press Information Bureau of India'']</ref> One of the major attractions of this place is the [[Soyuz T-10]] which carried India's first [[cosmonaut]] [[Rakesh Sharma]] to space, along with his space suit and mission journal.

The Sky Theatre shown at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium are very popular and attracts more than 200,000 visitors per year. The sky theatre is a dome shaped theatre. It shows information on constellations and planets. Visuals such as cartoons, paintings, computer animations, video clippings and special effects are liberally used in the programmes at the sky theatre.

The planetarium was reopened in September 2010, after renovations worth  Rs. 11 crore, ahead of the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] and received [[Queen's Baton]]. It now has 'Definiti optical star projector "Megastar" that can show 2 million stars.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nehru Planetarium ready to receive the Queen's Baton  |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/30/stories/2010093054610200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012102329/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/30/stories/2010093054610200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2010 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 September 2010 }}</ref> It also sets up old telescopes, projection boxes and solar filters at its premises at major [[solar eclipse]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nehru Planetarium all set for the eclipse [|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/22/stories/2009072261670300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726233518/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/22/stories/2009072261670300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2009 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 July 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Children throng Nehru Planetarium for glimpse of eclipse |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-16/delhi/28138088_1_longest-annular-amateur-astronomers-association-special-goggles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811040831/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-16/delhi/28138088_1_longest-annular-amateur-astronomers-association-special-goggles |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 January 2010}}</ref>

==Image Gallery==

===Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi===
<gallery>
File:Nehru Planetarium Entrance Stone.jpg|Entrance Stone
File:Nehru_Planetarium_Entrance_Section.jpg|Entrance Wall
File:NMML Entrance.jpg|Entrance Gate
File:Antriksha Master.jpg|Antriksha Master Projector
File:Soyuz-T-10 Landing Pod.jpg|[[Soyuz T-10]] used by [[Rakesh Sharma]] & others
File:Nehru_Planetarium_Section.jpg|Gallery
File:Nehru Planetarium Gallery.jpg|Main Gallery
File:Nehru Planetarium Gallery Users.jpg|Main Gallery with some spectators
File:Nehru_Planetarium_Stone.jpg| A Quote Stone
File: Nehru_Planetarium_costume_of_Rakesh_Sharma.jpg | Space Suit used by [[Ravish Malhotra]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Indian Astronomical Observatory#Astrotourism|Astrotourism in India]]
* [[Swami Vivekananda Planetarium|Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, Mangalore]]
*[[List of planetariums#Asia|List of planetariums]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.taralaya.org/ Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore]
*[http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium/  Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai]
*[http://www.nehruplanetarium.org/ Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi]

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