3 new experiences bridging AI with India’s timeless heritage

For more than a decade, Google Arts & Culture has been inspired by India’s millenia of storytelling, artistic mastery and diverse heritage. Ahead of the India AI Impact Summit, we are introducing three new interactive experiences that bridge AI and creativity with India’s timeless heritage.

Talking Tours - India Edition, an interactive AI guide

We are bringing Gemini’s capabilities to India’s heritage, transforming virtual tours into real-time, interactive dialogues. With Talking Tours - India Edition, you can explore more than 200 iconic locations—from the Red Fort to the Taj Mahal, from the ancient structures of Hampi to Gujarat’s Rani Ki Vav and the cinematic Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad —and engage directly with history.

You can interact with each landmark, asking questions like, "Who built this and why?" We’ll be adding even more sites in the future to keep inspiring your travel plans across India.

Moving Scripts - Sanskrit Devanagari Edition

Sanskrit is one of the world’s oldest systematic languages — and beyond that, some experts see it as a meticulously engineered science of vibration and sound. For centuries, scholars have explored the unique way the language interacts with the natural world.

Building on our recent work with Moving Archives and Moving Paintings, our new experience, Moving Scripts - Sanskrit Devanagari Edition, utilizes Google’s advanced video generation model, Veo, and image generation model, Nano Banana, to visualize Sanskrit letters and the sounds that form the roots of the language. With the help of AI, we present the Devanagari script as a series of cinematic scenes. Ink transforms into one possible exploration of the visual wisdom embedded within the alphabet itself.

Sanskrit Lens, a Digital Artwork by Harshit Agrawal

As part of our long term artist residency program at the Google Arts & Culture Lab, we have collaborated with Bangalore-based artist Harshit Agrawal on an upcoming new digital interactive artwork titled Sanskrit Lens. Ahead of the official reveal at the India AI Impact Summit, Agrawal shares a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process in this short film.

These experiments join a decade-long history of Google Arts & Culture partnerships with institutions and artists in India. If you’d like to check out more, here’s what you can see:

• The timeless lithographs of Raja Ravi Varma
• The intricate precision of Indian Miniatures
• The vibrant Crafted in India showcase
• Our latest collaboration with renowned contemporary artist Jitish Kallat.

Explore more on the Google Arts & Culture website or our Android or iOS app.