Nakshatra Vedh Shala, an Observatory in Devprayag, Uttarakhand  

This is the house which Acharya Pundit Chakradhar Joshi (a scholar in Astronomy and Astrology) built, who established Nakshatra Vedshala (an observatory) in the year 1946. The observatory is equipped with two telescopes and hundreds of books to support research in astronomy. It also contains about 3000 manuscripts from 1677 AD onwards collected from various parts of country. Apart from the latest equipment, it also has the ancient equipments like Surya Ghati, Jal Ghati and Dhruv Ghati which showcase the pride of ancient Indian progress in the field of astronomy. Dr. Prabhakar Joshi and Acharya Shri Bhaskar Joshi (known as Guruji) are currently in charge and caretakers of the place. Here you can see one original manuscript of Ramayana, hand-written request letters to provide medicine from former Prime Minister Morarjee Desai and film actress Asha Parekh.