Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium will facilitate solar eclipse viewing at Arivu School to promote scientific temper. Residents will be able to experience the solar eclipse for about 45 minutes on Tuesday. Only 10% of the eclipse will be visible between 5.12 pm to 5.49 pm. Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has come out with short YouTube reels explaining the solar eclipse in local languages, including Kannada, to dispel myths surrounding the phenomenon and inculcate scientific temper.

Furthermore, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru have made it clear that the eclipse will not be visible from its premises. “Due to the presence of many high rise structures around the area which affects the visibility of the skyline, we are informing and requesting people to climb up tall/high rise structures in the city and look westwards through eclipse glasses to get a view of the solar eclipse,”

According to some astrophysicists, 55 per cent of the eclipse will be visible in Ladakh from 4.30 pm. The last time Bengalureans witnessed an eclipse was in 2019 during morning hours. This time it is during sunset. In Bengaluru, it will be visible from 5.12 pm to 5.55 pm, said M Y Anand, Senior Scientific Officer at the planetarium.