Lok Sabha Question No. 1077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Launching of Audio-Visual Guide App
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  July, 2021

## LAUNCHING OF AUDIO-VISUAL GUIDE APP

## 1077. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi has launched an AudioVisual Guide App recently.
- (b) whether through this APP, will it be possible for museum viewers to listen to anecdotes and stories related to the Indian modern art exhibited at the Gallery;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether this APP is limited only to Art displayed at NGMA or other similar galleries across India and the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM  AND DEVLOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G.KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (c) Yes Sir, NGMA has launched an Audio Visual Guide App on 18 th May, 2021.

There are two ways of listening to Audio-Guide:

- i. By downloading and using App.
- ii. By scanning the QR Code by a smart phone.

There are presently two tours on the App, each in English and Hindi

- i. NGMA Gallery Tour
- ii. NGMA Sculpture Garden

There are 89 Audio Points, presently available for user's access (Annexure-I) .

- (d) Yes, this APP is limited only to Art displayed at NGMA, New Delhi.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION DY. NO. 1077   DUE FOR 26.7.2021 LAUNCHING OF AUDIO-VISUAL GUIDE APP.

|   S.No. | List of Audio Points                              |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | NGMA Intro                                        |
|       2 | Tour Intro or Exhibition Intro                    |
|       3 | Rainy Season by Abanindranath Tagore              |
|       4 | Study in Face by Abanindranath Tagore             |
|       5 | Surangama by Abanindranath Tagore                 |
|       6 | Twilight by Abanindranath Tagore                  |
|       7 | Notre Dame by Amrita Sher-Gil                     |
|       8 | Self Portrait 9 by Amrita Sher-Gil                |
|       9 | The Ancient Story-Teller, 1940 Amrita Sher-Gil    |
|      10 | Young Girls,1932 by Amrita Sher-Gil               |
|      11 | Adam &Eve by Benode Behari Mukherjee              |
|      12 | Restaurant by Benode Behari Mukherjee             |
|      13 | Sunflowers by Benode Behari Mukherjee             |
|      14 | The Tree Lover by Benode Behari Mukherjee         |
|      15 | Human Scream by Gaganendranath Tagore             |
|      16 | Love messenger by Gaganendranath Tagore           |
|      17 | Magician by Gaganendranath Tagore                 |
|      18 | Meeting at the Staircase by Gaganendranath Tagore |
|      19 | Krishna and Balarama by Jamini Roy                |
|      20 | Mother& Child by Jamini Roy                       |
|      21 | Mother& Child (White Border) by Jamini Roy        |
|      22 | Queen on Tiger by Jamini Roy                      |
|      23 | Dwelling of the Thakurs, 1932 by Nicholas Roerich |
|      24 | Painting Himalayan Landscape by Nicholas Roerich  |
|      25 | Painting Himalayan Landscape by Nicholas Roerich  |
|      26 | Dancing Woman by Rabindranath Tagore              |
|      27 | Head Study by Rabindranath Tagore                 |
|      28 | Sentry by Rabindranath Tagore                     |
|      29 | Two Face by Rabindranath Tagore                   |
|      30 | A Girl Holding Hookah by Raja Ravi Varma          |
|      31 | A Woman Holding a Fruit by Raja Ravi Varma        |
|      32 | Lady in Moonlight by Raja Ravi Varma              |
|      33 | Mohini on Swing by Raja Ravi Varma                |
|      34 | Binodini, 1948 by Ramkinkar Baij                  |
|      35 | The Poet, 1938 by Ramkinkar Baij                  |
|      36 | The Ride, 1948 by Ramkinkar Baij                  |

|   37 | Winnower by Ramkinkar Baij                       |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|
|   38 | Dance by Sailoz Mookherjea                       |
|   39 | Sunset at Jhelum, 1958 by Sailoz Mookherjea      |
|   40 | Toilet in Wood by Sailoz Mookherjea              |
|   41 | NGMA Intro                                       |
|   42 | Tour Intro or Exhibition Intro                   |
|   43 | Sanghamitra Carrying Sapling                     |
|   44 | Ganga Avtaran                                    |
|   45 | Abhimanue Badh                                   |
|   46 | Durga With Hallow Of Fire                        |
|   47 | Dhaki                                            |
|   48 | Bapu Dandi March                                 |
|   49 | NGMA Intro                                       |
|   50 | Tour Intro or Exhibition Intro                   |
|   51 | Lady With A Vase by Antonio Xavier Trindade      |
|   52 | Toilet by A A Almelkar                           |
|   53 | The Ceremony Of Masking by Anupam Sud            |
|   54 | Old Man &The Bird by B C Sanyal                  |
|   55 | In Bondage by Prodosh Dasgupta                   |
|   56 | Priest With Elokeshi - Kalighat Painting         |
|   57 | Untitled Painting by V S Gaitonde                |
|   58 | Ganesh by Satish Gujral                          |
|   59 | Untitled Painting by S H Raza                    |
|   60 | One Without A Second, 1957 by S B Palsikar       |
|   61 | Divine Flame by S L Haldankar                    |
|   62 | Shadows by Ram Kumar                             |
|   63 | Chess Player by Pankaj Panwar                    |
|   64 | Shepherdess,1956 by N S Bendre                   |
|   65 | Hiraman Tota by MARChughtai                      |
|   66 | Zamin by MFHusain                                |
|   67 | Playing Dilruba by MVDhurandhar                  |
|   68 | Spirit Of Daily Work by Meera Mukherjee          |
|   69 | Bangladesh,1971 by K K Hebbar                    |
|   70 | Self-portrait,1985 by F N Souza                  |
|   71 | Steps Of Success Leading To What? by Latika Katt |
|   72 | After Bath by D P Roy Chowdhury                  |
|   73 | Diagonal,1973 by Tyeb Mehta                      |
|   74 | Lakshmi by K Venkatappa                          |
|   75 | Shakti, 1962 by Chintamoni Kar                   |
|   76 | Bull by Dhanraj Bhagat                           |
|   77 | King by P V Janakiram                            |
|   78 | NGMA Intro                                       |
|   79 | Tour Intro or Exhibition Intro                   |

|   81 | Animal, 1975 by Nagji Patel               |
|------|-------------------------------------------|
|   82 | Environment by Mahendra Pandya            |
|   83 | Invocation Rock Seed by Balbir Singh Katt |
|   84 | Anguished Cries by Amarnath Sehgal        |
|   85 | Nadeshwar, 1982 by Balbir Singh Katt      |
|   86 | Triumph Of Labour by D P Choudhury        |
|   87 | Primitive Image by Pramod K Mann          |
|   88 | Frustration, by M. Dharmani               |
|   89 | Toilet by Sankho Chaudhuri                |