Lok Sabha Question No. 1281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Cultural Heritage Digitisation Initiatives
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Baijayant Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1281

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025.

## CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITISATION INITIATIVES

## 1281.  Shri Baijayant Panda:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

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

## ANSWER

## 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 12,46,211 Antiquities and 11,406 Unprotected Monuments (Built Heritage & Sites).
- (b) An amount of Rs. 20 lakh were allocated for the NMMA during the FY 2024-25.
- (c) & (d) 4,55,764 antiquities of ASI Museum/ Circles / Branches (Annexure-I) and 7,90,447 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.

In addition, to that for the accessibility QR code-based information systems and digital museum interventions, including Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) features, have been introduced in selected Archaeological Site Museums of ASI to enhance visitor engagement and dissemination of information.

## Total published ASI data in NMMA website as on 4 th Dec 2025

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles                        |   Total Data |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Amaravati Museum &Interpretation Center, Amaravati   |           55 |
|       2 | Archaeological Mumtaz Mahal Museum, Red Fort Delhi   |        11856 |
|       3 | Archaeological Museum Badami                         |          170 |
|       4 | Archaeological Museum Bijapur                        |            2 |
|       5 | Archaeological Museum Hampi                          |          335 |
|       6 | Archaeological Museum Lothal                         |         1081 |
|       7 | Archaeological Museum Tamluk                         |         2124 |
|       8 | Archaeological Museum Bodhgaya                       |           81 |
|       9 | Archaeological Museum Chandragiri                    |          237 |
|      10 | Archaeological Museum Cooch Behar Palace             |           20 |
|      11 | Archaeological Museum Fort St. George                |          330 |
|      12 | Archaeological Museum Goa                            |          701 |
|      13 | Archaeological Museum Gwalior Fort                   |         1378 |
|      14 | Archaeological Museum Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad |          551 |
|      15 | Archaeological Museum Jageshwar                      |           14 |
|      16 | Archaeological Museum Kalibangan                     |         1923 |
|      17 | Archaeological Museum Khajuraho                      |          226 |
|      18 | Archaeological Museum Konark                         |          211 |
|      19 | Archaeological Museum Kondapur                       |         2530 |
|      20 | Archaeological Museum Mattancherry Place             |           42 |
|      21 | Archaeological Museum Nalanda                        |          161 |
|      22 | Archaeological Museum Red Fort Delhi                 |          309 |
|      23 | Archaeological Museum Sanchi                         |           57 |
|      24 | Archaeological Museum Sarnath                        |          968 |
|      25 | Archaeological Museum Shivpuri                       |          560 |
|      26 | Archaeological Museum Thanesar                       |          394 |
|      27 | Archaeological Museum Vikramshila                    |         1357 |

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles                                  |   Total Data |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|      28 | Archaeological Period Museum Deeg Place Bharatpur              |          680 |
|      29 | Archaeological Swatantrata Sangram Sanghralaya, Red Fort Delhi |           22 |
|      30 | Archaeological Survey of India, Agra Circle                    |          413 |
|      31 | Archaeological Survey of India, Aizawl Circle                  |          684 |
|      32 | Archaeological Survey of India, Amaravati Circle               |          217 |
|      33 | Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle              |           93 |
|      34 | Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore Circle               |           57 |
|      35 | Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle                  |          453 |
|      36 | Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle                 |          679 |
|      37 | Archaeological Survey of India, Dehradun Circle                |          402 |
|      38 | Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Circle                   |         2783 |
|      39 | Archaeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle                |          199 |
|      40 | Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad Circle               |           68 |
|      41 | Archaeological Survey of India, Jabalpur Circle                |          691 |
|      42 | Archaeological Survey of India, Jaipur Circle                  |          576 |
|      43 | Archaeological Survey of India, Jodhpur Circle                 |            7 |
|      44 | Archaeological Survey of India, Kolkata Circle                 |         3128 |
|      45 | Archaeological Survey of India, Leh Mini Circle                |            7 |
|      46 | Archaeological Survey of India, Lucknow Circle                 |          885 |
|      47 | Archaeological Survey of India, Meerut Circle                  |          119 |
|      48 | Archaeological Survey of India, Patna Circle                   |         1758 |
|      49 | Archaeological Survey of India, Raipur Circle                  |          312 |
|      50 | Archaeological Survey of India, Ranchi Circle                  |          361 |
|      51 | Archaeological Survey of India, Srinagar Circle                |           95 |
|      52 | Archaeological Survey of India, Trissur Circle                 |          864 |
|      53 | Archaeological Survey of India, Vadodra Circle                 |            9 |
|      54 | CAC(Coin) Purana Quila                                         |        48312 |
|      55 | Central Antiquity Collection(CAC) Purana Quila                 |       260464 |
|      56 | Excavation Site, Dholavira                                     |        34781 |
|      57 | Excavation Branch-I, Nagpur                                    |         1393 |
|      58 | Excavation Branch-II Delhi                                     |        66493 |

| S. No   | Name of institutions/ Circles     |   Total Data |
|---------|-----------------------------------|--------------|
| 59.     | Excavation Branch-III, Patna      |          407 |
| 60.     | Excavation Branch-IV, Bhubaneswar |          675 |
| 61.     | Prehistory Branch, Nagpur         |            5 |
|         | Total                             |       455764 |

## Annexure-II

## Total published DRC data in NMMA website as on 4 th Dec 2025

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles                              |   Total Data |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Allahabad Museum, Allahabad                                |        12622 |
|       2 | Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Museum, Firozeshah                 |          177 |
|       3 | Archaeological Museum                                      |          530 |
|       4 | Archaeological Museum A.P.                                 |         2331 |
|       5 | Archaeological Museum Gurukul Jhajjar                      |       149228 |
|       6 | Archaeological Museum, Sanghol                             |          719 |
|       7 | Arms Gallery Quila Mubarak Patiala                         |        20289 |
|       8 | Assam state Museum, Guwahati                               |          513 |
|       9 | Balurghat College Museum                                   |          162 |
|      10 | Bengiya Sahitya Parishad Museum                            |          297 |
|      11 | Bhima Devi Temple, Pinjore                                 |          322 |
|      12 | Bidar Fort                                                 |          305 |
|      13 | Boudhasri District Archaeological Museum, Guntur           |          265 |
|      14 | Central Archaeological Museum Gujari Mahal ,Gwalior        |          325 |
|      15 | Chandigarh UT Art Gallery                                  |          395 |
|      16 | Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute            |       163482 |
|      17 | Department of A.I.H.C &Arch. BHU, Varanasi                 |         4501 |
|      18 | Department of Ancient Indian History &Archaeology, Lucknow |        16889 |

|   S. No | Name of institutions/ Circles                                |   Total Data |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|      19 | Department of Archaeology Museum Haryana                     |        64241 |
|      20 | Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh       |        28682 |
|      21 | Department of Cultural Affairs &Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab |         3693 |
|      22 | Department of Epigraphy& Archaeology, Thanjavur              |          799 |
|      23 | Directorate of Assam                                         |         1168 |
|      24 | District Archaeological Museum, Kurnool                      |         1086 |
|      25 | District Archaeological Museum, Kurnul                       |         1088 |
|      26 | District Archaeological Museum, Panagal Nalgonda             |          602 |
|      27 | District Museum Banasar Bagh, Sangrur                        |          470 |
|      28 | Endowment Board                                              |          661 |
|      29 | Excavated Site, Lachhura Ashind-Bhilwara                     |           85 |
|      30 | G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad                        |          191 |
|      31 | Ganga Government Museum Bikaner                              |          530 |
|      32 | Government Archaeological Museum, Sadhu Ashram Hoshiarpur    |          318 |
|      33 | Government Art Gallery Nimaj                                 |          175 |
|      34 | Government Central Museum Jaipur                             |         3499 |
|      35 | Government Museum Ahar                                       |          490 |
|      36 | Government Museum Ajmer                                      |          970 |
|      37 | Government Museum Alwar                                      |         1855 |
|      38 | Government Museum Amber                                      |         9612 |
|      39 | Government Museum Art Gallery Chandigarh                     |          383 |
|      40 | Government Museum Bharatpur                                  |         3593 |
|      41 | Government Museum Dungarpur                                  |          254 |
|      42 | Government Museum Hawa Mahal Jaipur                          |          300 |
|      43 | Government Museum Jaiselmer                                  |          162 |
|      44 | Government Museum Jhalawar                                   |          758 |
|      45 | Government Museum Kota                                       |          761 |
|      46 | Government Museum Mandore                                    |          167 |
|      47 | Government Museum Mount Abu                                  |          269 |
|      48 | Government Museum Pali                                       |          273 |
|      49 | Government Museum Sikar                                      |          361 |

| S. No   | Name of institutions/ Circles                       |   Total Data |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 50.     | Government Museum Udaipur                           |        10207 |
| 51.     | Government Museum Viratnagar                        |          159 |
| 52.     | Gurusaday Museum                                    |           28 |
| 53.     | Himachal State Museum, Shimla                       |         3974 |
| 54.     | HR and CE , Tamil Nadu                              |         1386 |
| 55.     | HR and CE, Odisha                                   |          411 |
| 56.     | INTACH,ODISHA STATE CHAPTER                         |          713 |
| 57.     | IRS, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth     |         4940 |
| 58.     | Jayanti Archaeological Museum, Jind                 |          917 |
| 59.     | K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna             |         2500 |
| 60.     | MSUniversity of Baroda                              |        45148 |
| 61.     | Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Summar Place Amritsar |          694 |
| 62.     | OIM South East Asian Studies, Bhubaneswar           |          299 |
| 63.     | Personal Collection, Odisha                         |         1550 |
| 64.     | Private Museum, West Bengal                         |         1606 |
| 65.     | Private Museum,Odisha                               |          254 |
| 66.     | Ramakrishna Mission Vidhya Pitha Museum             |          172 |
| 67.     | Rani Mahal Museum Jhansi                            |         1316 |
| 68.     | Sannati Sculpture Gallery ASI                       |           35 |
| 69.     | Sheesh Mahal Museum Art Gallery Patiala             |        29820 |
| 70.     | Shri Pratap Singh Museum                            |        89146 |
| 71.     | Site Museum, Alampur Mehabubnagar                   |          218 |
| 72.     | Site Museum, Kolanupaka, Nalgonda                   |          169 |
| 73.     | Sri Balasubramaniya Swami Temple, Chinna Kavanam    |           76 |
| 74.     | Sri Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar                   |         4189 |
| 75.     | State Archaeological Department , West Bengal       |         1026 |
| 76.     | State Museum Odisha                                 |         4001 |
| 77.     | T. S. MAHASABHA                                     |          794 |
| 78.     | Vikram University M.P.                              |          405 |
| 79.     | Zonal Museum Hisar                                  |        83445 |
|         | Total                                               |       790447 |