This is one of the most sophisticated and versatile planetaria in India. This fabulous planetarium complex has a centrally air-conditioned sky theatre of planetarium, conference hall, workshops, sound - studio etc., and has a seating capacity of 184. Priyadarsini Planetarium is rated as one of the best horizontal domed planetaria of global standards. The main GM - II star-field projector can project almost all the constituents of the visible Universe. Also it can simulate the star studded night sky over any location on the Earth on any day upto 12,500 years back or 12,500 years in future.

Planetarium reveals the wonder world of astronomy, staggering distance from the outer space is eliminated and here before your eyes, is displayed the exciting Universe. How much do we know about the moon - our closest neighbour in space, other planets like Venus and Mars, asteroids and the Sun? And perhaps more intriguing how much we do not know? Here one get to know interesting facts like the big Sun is nothing but a star - one among the billions of such in the galaxy and billions of galaxies form the Universe. After viewing a glimpse of conditions of other planets, you can see the fragile balance that allowed the life to develop here on the planet Earth. See how our ability to gather data has entered a new era, since spacecrafts began to explore solar system. Would outer space be a nice place to establish human settlements, sometimes in the future? See the exciting phase 
The planetarium organise shows like 1. "Man and the Universe"- dealing with the origin and different stages of development of astronomy, the structure of different planets and the origin of the Universe etc.
 "Myriad Suns" - dealing with the birth and death of stars, black holes,neutron stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebula, supernova etc.

 "The Celestrial Visitor" - depicting salient features of a comet especially about the comet Hale - Boppe.
. "In Search of Other Worlds" - revealing facts about rocketry, space missions etc.

 "Hubble Vision" giving the details of the Hubble telescope mission.