Culture, Media & Heritage

Marathi literature, media archives, tourism statistics, and heritage site datasets.

9 datasets

ASI Protected Monuments
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Maharashtra — List of 285 centrally protected and 244 state protected archaeological monuments and heritage sites in Maharashtra maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India

Build a heritage tourism route optimizer for Maharashtra that creates itineraries connecting ASI-protected monuments.
Tabular (PDF, web)
Archaeological Survey of India
IndicDialogue Marathi (Movie/TV Subtitles)

Movie and TV subtitle dataset in 10 Indic languages sourced from OpenSubtitles.org. Contains pre-processed dialogues in JSONL format. The only publicly available Marathi conversational/dialogue dataset, essential for training chatbots and conversational AI in Marathi.

Build a conversational Marathi language model trained on natural movie dialogue for chatbot development.
text
Mendeley Data
INTACH Heritage Lists
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Maharashtra — Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage listings of unprotected heritage sites, buildings, and cultural landscapes in Maharashtra

Build a Maharashtra heritage discovery app that helps tourists explore INTACH-listed heritage sites by location and interest.
Text, Images (web, PDF)
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Maharashtra Tourism Statistics
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Official tourism data from the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation covering domestic and international visitor numbers, tourist destinations, and accommodation statistics

Build a tourism analytics dashboard for Maharashtra showing visitor patterns, seasonal trends, and revenue estimates.
Tabular (PDF, web)
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
Marathi Newspaper Archives
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Historical and contemporary Marathi newspaper collections from major publications (Loksatta, Sakal, Maharashtra Times) available through digital archives

Build a Marathi news analysis platform with topic modeling, sentiment tracking, and trend detection.
Text (Marathi)
Various Marathi Newspapers / Digital Library of India
Marathi Wikipedia Articles Corpus
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Full dump of Marathi Wikipedia articles providing encyclopaedic knowledge coverage across diverse topics in Marathi language

Build a Marathi text classification model trained on Wikipedia article categories for document categorization.
Text (Marathi)
Wikimedia Foundation
National Digital Library of India (NDLI)
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Marathi Collection — Digital library providing access to Marathi books, manuscripts, lecture videos, and research articles across multiple disciplines, with Marathi language interface

Build a Marathi digital content discovery platform using NDLI's collection for educational resource access.
Text, Multimedia
Ministry of Education / IIT Kharagpur
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Maharashtra — Detailed documentation for Maharashtra's UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and Victorian Gothic/Art Deco ensembles of Mumbai

Build a Maharashtra World Heritage tourism platform highlighting Ajanta, Ellora, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and other sites.
Text, Images (web)
UNESCO
Wikisource Marathi
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Public domain Marathi literature including 1,000+ books from Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, classical texts (Dnyaneshwari, Dasbodh, Haripath), and historical documents

Build a Marathi literary text analyzer that studies writing styles and linguistic features across historical Marathi literature.
Text (Marathi)
Wikimedia Foundation