India partners with Google Arts and Culture to digitise historic monuments and manuscripts

The government on Thursday joined hands with Google to bring the countrys cultural heritage to the public through cuttingedge digital tools officials saidA memorandum of understanding MoU was signed between the Ministry of Culture and Google Arts amp Culture here The partnership will also support the vision for the upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum in the national capital and preservation of historic manuscripts the officials saidThe partnership will reflect the civilisational breadth of India the monuments and archaeological sites protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and the collections they hold the holdings of the national museums the manuscript heritage being documented under Gyan Bharatam and the crafts performing arts and living traditions sustained by the ministrys institutions across the country the ministry saidAt its centre is the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum taking shape in the North and South Blocks of New Delhi as a museum of Indias history across the ages Its digitisation will create a lasting record of the buildings and the wealth of artefacts they will house and offer the public an early window onto one of the most significant cultural undertakings of our time it said in a statementThe MoU is part of the ministrys wider effort to strengthen accessibility and expand its digital initiatives so that Indias heritage can be explored in Indian languages and on any device the officials saidIt reflects a wholeofministry approach in which preservation public access and the growth of Indias creative economy advance together drawing on institutions of every scale and partners from across sectors they saidThe MoU was signed at a virtual ceremony in the presence of Union Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal and vice president and founder Google Arts amp Culture Amit SoodFor the past 15 years Google Arts amp Culture has been deeply inspired by Indias millennia of storytelling artistic mastery and vast heritage Our partnership with the Ministry of Culture represents a shared commitment to preserve Indias timeless treasures with the help of cuttingedge technologies Sood was quoted as saying in the statementWhether supporting the vision for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum or preserving historic manuscripts we are honoured to deploy our technologies to bridge ancient heritage with modern accessibility making these collections freely discoverable to educate inspire and delight curious minds everywhere he saidThe ministry said the pact seeks to bring Indias cultural heritage to the public through cuttingedge digital toolsAggarwal said the partnership with Google Arts amp Culture brings technology to bear on documenting preserving and sharing our inheritance from ancient manuscripts and monuments to the collections of our national museums and the upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat MuseumBy making these treasures available in Indian languages and to audiences across the globe we hope to bring more people closer to the story of Indian civilisation and to safeguard it for generations to come he saidGoogle Arts amp Culture has had a long association with the ministrys institutions including the Archaeological Survey of India the National Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art whose collections it has helped bring to wider audiences over the years the ministry saidThe MoU reaffirms the ministrys commitment to preserving Indias civilisational heritage championing its creative economy through enduring partnerships and sharing its culture with the widest possible networks at home and across the world the officials saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever