Ajanta caves to have QR codes to provide info of paintings to visitors, says ASI

The famous Ajanta caves in Maharashtras Aurangabad will soon have QR codes at the entrance to provide information to visitors about the paintings there a senior Archaeological Survey of India official said on MondayThe ASI is working to make the system available before the city hosts a G20related event the official saidThe first inception meet of Women 20 W20 as part of Indias presidency of G20 will be held in the city next month The Women 20 was set up in 2015 to ensure gender considerations figure in G20 discussionsThe paintings in the fifthcentury Ajanta caves illustrate the Jataka tales They are in the dark area of caves where human eyes take time to get acclimatisedTo make tourists learn more about the paintings they are going to see the ASI will bring them on QR codes the official saidTourists get a maximum of ten minutes in a cave to see the paintings They are randomly painted and not in a sequence It takes time for our eyes to acclimatise to the poor lighting in the caves ASIs Superintendent Archaeologist Milan Kumar Chauley told PTIAlso Read Maharashtra Govt sanctions 17kmlong bypass road to reduce traffic pollution near Ellora CavesThe QR codes will be installed outside the caves and a temporary internet connection will also be made available on the rocky premises he saidTourists can scan the codes and find out the cave details paintings in that cave with illustrations and the Jataka tales related to it Chauley saidWe are working on the data that has to be uploaded on the QR codes The basic work of this project will be finished prior to the W20 meet of G20 in Aurangabad next month he addedThe project also aims to ensure that visitors spend less time inside the Ajanta caves as the moisture buildup due to the presence of too many tourists affects the ancient paintings said a sourceGeneral details of Devgiri Daulatabad Bibi Ka Maqbara Ellora caves and Aurangabad caves will also be made available in multiple languages through the QR codes Chauley saidAurangabad Municipal Commissioner Abhijeet Choudhary has also asked officials to display data of historical places in Aurangabad city through QR codes another official saidThis work will be done through the Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation LimitedThis 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