In total there are five planetariums in India, named after the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. One such planetarium is located in the capital of India - Delhi.

It is located on the territory of Tin Murti Bhavan, or official name of this place - Memorial Museum and Library Jawaharlal Nehru. Earlier this building housed the official residence of the policy. The Prime Minister was fond of astronomy and considered it necessary to awaken in people, especially children, interest in science and astronomy in particular. Therefore, the construction of the planetarium in the territory of his residence was quite natural. It was inaugurated in 1984 February 6 Indira Gandhi.

The biggest attraction of this place is the compartment of the spacecraft Soyuz T-10, which went into space India's first astronaut Rakesh Sharma. Also, there are stored his suit and logbook.

It is also very popular among the visitors was the presentation of which take place in the Theater of the sky. Each year they attract about 200 thousand tourists. Also there you can see a variety of photos, videos, drawings and even cartoons on the space theme.

Planetarium Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi for some time did not work, as there were repairs and restoration work. It reopened its doors in September 2010. Now I heed everyone is an optical star projector "Megastar", which can display about 2 million stars. In addition, the planetarium has several old telescopes, projectors and solar filters in all areas in which you can observe the solar eclipse.