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QWhich one is the largest Planetarium in India?

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  • A Birla Planetarium ✔ ✖
  • B Jawahar Lal Nehru planetarium ✔ ✖
  • C Pathani Samanta planetarium ✔ ✖
  • D Tara Mandir ✔ ✖
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The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi. Situated at Chowringhee Road adjacent to the Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Maidan in South Kolkata, it is the largest planetarium in Asia and the second largest planetarium in the world. There are two other Birla Planetariums in India: B.M. Birla Planetarium in Chennai and the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad.

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