Only in India there are five planetariums, named after the first Prime Minister of the country Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. One such planetarium is located in the capital of India – Delhi.

It is located on the territory of the teen Murti Bhavan, or as officially called this place and Memorial Museum and library named after Jawaharlal Nehru. Formerly, the building houses the official residence of the policy. The Prime Minister was fond of astronomy, and considered it necessary to awaken people, especially children, interest in science and astronomy in particular. Therefore, the construction of the planetarium in the grounds 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 cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma. Also there are his suit and a logbook.

Also very popular among the visitors were the shows that take place in the Theater of the sky. Every year they attract about 200 thousand tourists. Also there you can see various photos, videos, pictures and even cartoons on the space theme.

The planetarium Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in new Delhi some time not worked, as there were repairs and restoration work. It reopened its doors to visitors in September 2010. Now listen everyone presents optical star projector "Megastar" that can show about 2 million stars. In addition, the planetarium has some old telescopes, projectors and sunscreens throughout, with which it is possible to observe solar eclipses.