Lok Sabha Question No. 1630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Digitization of Cultural Heritage
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Baijayant Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1630

ANSWERED ON-10.03.2025

## DIGITIZATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

1630. SHRI BAIJAYANT PANDA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of cultural heritage sites and artifacts that have been digitized under the Government's National Mission;
- (b)  the  total  funds  allocated  for  the  digitization  of  the  India's  heritage  during  the  FY 2024-25;
- (c) the number of museums and libraries that have been digitized so far; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the  preservation  and accessibility of the India's digital cultural records?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) The Government of India had established the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities  (NMMA)  in  2007  to  prepare  two  national  registers  on  monuments  and antiquities.  So  far  the  NMMA  has  digitized  12,34,937  Antiquities  and  11,406  Built Heritage & Sites.
- b) An amount of Rs. 20 lakh were allocated for the NMMA during the FY 2024-25.
- (c) and (d) 4,46,068 antiquities of ASI Museums / Circles / Branches (Annexure-I) and 7,88,869  from  other  institutions  have  been  digitized  by  the  NMMA (Annexure-II) . Details of which are available at NMMA website for public access at http://nmma.nic.in

## ANNEXURE- l

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) and (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1630 FOR 10.03.2025.

## TOTAL PUBLISHED ANTIQUITIES OF ASI, CIRCLES/BRANCHES/MUSEUMS IN NMMA WEBSITE

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles/Branches/Museum        |   Total Data |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Archaeological Museum Bodhgaya                       |           81 |
|       2 | Archaeological Museum Gwalior Fort                   |         1378 |
|       3 | Archaeological Museum Kalibangan                     |         1750 |
|       4 | Archaeological Museum, Lothal                        |          718 |
|       5 | Archaeological Museum,Sanghol                        |          719 |
|       6 | Archaeological Museum Thanesar                       |           98 |
|       7 | Archaeological Survey of India, Agra Circle          |          317 |
|       8 | Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore Circle     |           57 |
|       9 | Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Circle         |         1747 |
|      10 | Archaeological Survey of India, Jaipur Circle        |          576 |
|      11 | Archaeological Survey of India,Lucknow Circle        |          874 |
|      12 | Archaeological Survey of India, Srinagar Circle      |           95 |
|      13 | Excavation Branch-II Delhi                           |        66488 |
|      14 | Excavation Site, Dholavira                           |        34781 |
|      15 | Amaravati Museum & Interpretation Center,Amaravati   |           55 |
|      16 | Archaeological Museum Cooch Behar Palace             |           20 |
|      17 | Archaeological Museum, Hampi                         |          335 |
|      18 | Archaeological Museum Khajuraho                      |          226 |
|      19 | Archaeological Museum Nalanda                        |          151 |
|      20 | Archaeological Museum Sarnath                        |           61 |
|      21 | Archaeological Museum Vikramshila                    |         1357 |
|      22 | Archaeological Survey of India, Aizawl Circle        |          684 |
|      23 | Archaeological Survey of India , Bhopal Circle       |          334 |
|      24 | Archaeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle      |          199 |
|      25 | Archaeological Survey of India, Jodhpur Circle       |            7 |
|      26 | Archaeological Survey of India,Patna Circle          |         1508 |
|      27 | Archaeological Survey of India, Thrissur Circle      |          494 |
|      28 | Excavation Branch-III, Patna                         |           63 |
|      29 | Archaeological Museum, Badami                        |          170 |
|      30 | Archaeological Museum Goa                            |          701 |
|      31 | Archaeological Museum Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad |          551 |
|      32 | Archaeological Museum Konark                         |          211 |
|      33 | Archaeological Museum Red Fort Delhi                 |          309 |
|      34 | Archaeological Museum Shivpuri                       |          560 |
|      35 | Archaeological Period Museum Deeg Place Bharatpur    |          680 |

| S. No   | Name of institutions/ Circles/Branches/Museum                  |   Total Data |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 36.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Amaravati Circle               |          217 |
| 37.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle                 |          679 |
| 38.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Hydrabad Circle                |           68 |
| 39.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Kolkata Circle                 |          922 |
| 40.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Raipur Circle                  |          312 |
| 41.     | Archaeological Swatantrata Sangram Sanghralaya, Red Fort Delhi |           22 |
| 42.     | CAC(Coin) Purana Quila                                         |        48312 |
| 43.     | Excavation Branch-I, Nagpur                                    |          955 |
| 44.     | Archaeological Mumtaz Mahal Museum,Red Fort Delhi              |        11856 |
| 45.     | Archaeological Museum,Bijapur                                  |            2 |
| 46.     | Archaeological Museum,Jageshwar                                |           14 |
| 47.     | Archaeological Museum Kondapur                                 |         2530 |
| 48.     | Archaeological Museum,Sanchi                                   |           57 |
| 49.     | Archaeological Museum,Tamluk                                   |           93 |
| 50.     | Archaeological Site Museum, Fort St. George                    |           66 |
| 51.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle              |           51 |
| 52.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Dehradun Circle                |          357 |
| 53.     | Archaeological Survey Of India , Jabalpur Circle               |           79 |
| 54.     | Archaeological Survey of India , Leh Mini Circle               |            7 |
| 55.     | Archaeological Survey of India, Ranchi Circle                  |          361 |
| 56.     | Central Antiquity Collection Section Purana Quila              |       260464 |
| 57.     | Excavation Branch-IV, Bhubaneswar                              |          254 |
| 58.     | Sannati Sculpture Gallery ASI                                  |           35 |
| Total   | Total                                                          |       446068 |

## ANNEXURE- lI

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) and (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1630 FOR 10.03.2025.

## TOTAL PUBLISHED ANTIQUITIES OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN NMMA WEBSITE

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles                          |   Total Data |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Allahabad Museum, Allahabad                            |        12622 |
|       2 | Archaeological Museum                                  |          530 |
|       3 | Assam state Museum, Guwahati                           |          513 |
|       4 | Bidar Fort                                             |          305 |
|       5 | Central Archaeological Museum Gujari Mahal ,Gwalior    |          325 |
|       6 | Department of Archaeology Museum Haryana               |        64241 |
|       7 | Dept. of Epigraphy & Archaeology, Thanjavur            |          799 |
|       8 | District Archaeological Museum - Panagal,Nalgonda      |          602 |
|       9 | Government Museum Ahar                                 |          490 |
|      10 | Government Museum Bharatpur                            |         3593 |
|      11 | Government Museum Jhalawar                             |          758 |
|      12 | Government Museum Pali                                 |          273 |
|      13 | Govt Archaeological Museum,Sadhu Ashram,Hoshiarpur     |          318 |
|      14 | Himachal State Museum, Shimla                          |         3974 |
|      15 | IRS, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth        |         4940 |
|      16 | M S University of Baroda                               |        45148 |
|      17 | Private Museum, West Bengal                            |         1606 |
|      18 | Sheesh Mahal Museum Art Gallery Patiala                |        29820 |
|      19 | Sri Balasubramaniya Swami Temple, Chinna Kavanam       |           76 |
|      20 | T. S. MAHASABHA                                        |          794 |
|      21 | Archaeological Museum, A.P.                            |         2331 |
|      22 | Balurghat College Museum                               |          162 |
|      23 | Boudhasri District Archaeological Museum, Guntur       |          265 |
|      24 | Chandigarh UT Art Gallery                              |          395 |
|      25 | Dept. of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, Lucknow |        16889 |
|      26 | Directorate of Assam                                   |          345 |
|      27 | District Museum Banasar Bagh, Sangrur                  |          470 |
|      28 | Ganga Government Museum Bikaner                        |          530 |
|      29 | Government Museum Ajmer                                |          970 |
|      30 | Government Museum Dungarpur                            |          254 |
|      31 | Government Museum Kota                                 |          761 |
|      32 | Government Museum Sikar                                |          361 |
|      33 | Govt Museum Art Gallery Chandigarh                     |          383 |
|      34 | HR and CE,Odisha                                       |          411 |
|      35 | Jayanti Archaeological Museum, Jind                    |          917 |
|      36 | OIM South East Asian Studies, Bhubaneswar              |          299 |
|      37 | Ramakrishna Mission Vidhya Pitha Museum                |          172 |
|      38 | Shri Pratap Singh Museum                               |        89146 |
|      39 | Sri Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar                      |         4189 |
|      40 | Vikram University M.P.                                 |          405 |

| S. No   | Name of institutions/ Circles                       |   Total Data |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 41.     | Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Museum, Firozeshah          |          177 |
| 42.     | Bengiya Sahitya Parishad Museum                     |          297 |
| 43.     | Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute     |       163482 |
| 44.     | Dept. of Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh   |        28682 |
| 45.     | District Archaeological Museum, Kurnool             |         1086 |
| 46.     | Endowment Board                                     |          661 |
| 47.     | Government Art Gallery Nimaj                        |          175 |
| 48.     | Government Museum Alwar                             |         1855 |
| 49.     | Government Museum Hawa Mahal Jaipur                 |          300 |
| 50.     | Government Museum Mandore                           |          167 |
| 51.     | Government Museum Udaipur                           |        10207 |
| 52.     | G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad               |          191 |
| 53.     | HR and CE , Tamil Nadu                              |         1386 |
| 54.     | K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna             |         2500 |
| 55.     | Personal Collection, Odisha                         |         1550 |
| 56.     | Rani Mahal Museum Jhansi                            |         1316 |
| 57.     | Site Museum, Alampur, Mehabubnagar                  |          218 |
| 58.     | State Archaeological Department , West Bengal       |         1026 |
| 59.     | Zonal Museum Hisar                                  |        83445 |
| 60.     | Archaeological Museum, Gurukul Jhajjar              |       149228 |
| 61.     | Arms Gallery Quila Mubarak Patiala                  |        20289 |
| 62.     | Bhima Devi Temple, Pinjore                          |          322 |
| 63.     | Department of A.I.H.C & Arch. BHU, Varanasi         |         4501 |
| 64.     | Dept of Cultural Affairs & Archaeolgy, Punjab Govt  |         3693 |
| 65.     | District Archaeological Museum, Kurnul              |         1088 |
| 66.     | Excavated Site,Lachhura Ashind-Bhilwara             |           85 |
| 67.     | Government Central Museum Jaipur                    |         3499 |
| 68.     | Government Museum Amber                             |         9612 |
| 69.     | Government Museum Jaiselmer                         |          162 |
| 70.     | Government Museum Mount Abu                         |          269 |
| 71.     | Government Museum Viratnagar                        |          159 |
| 72.     | Gurusaday Museum                                    |           28 |
| 73.     | INTACH,ODISHA STATE CHAPTER                         |          713 |
| 74.     | Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum,Summar Place, Amritsar |          694 |
| 75.     | Private Museum,Odisha                               |          254 |
| 76.     | Site Museum , Kolanupaka, Nalgonda                  |          169 |
| 77.     | State Museum Odisha                                 |         4001 |
| Total   |                                                     |       788869 |