Tirumala Darshan with AR
Project Summary
“Immersive augmented reality navigation and 3D architectural exploration for the Tirumala temple complex.”
RESEARCH GRANTRs. 13,80,8602025 – 2026
RESEARCH OVERVIEW & DETAILS
Project Scope & Details
Immersive augmented reality navigation and 3D architectural exploration for the Tirumala temple complex.
ARCHITECTURAL & SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
01.
4K Stereoscopic Panorama Reconstruction
High-resolution multi-view photogrammetry capturing architectural heritage monuments with millimeter spatial fidelity.
02.
Binaural Spatial Audio Acoustic Cues
Grounded acoustic simulations replicating complex temple corridor reverbs and spatialized narration in 3D space.
03.
Cultural Heritage Architectural Preservation
Digitally preserves ancient temple sanctum architectures and historical inscriptions for global accessibility.
04.
Cross-Platform AR/VR Deployment
Seamlessly runs across mobile AR devices and Meta Quest 3 headsets via optimized OpenXR pipelines.
PROJECT GALLERY [5 PHOTOS]
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Tirumala Cultural Heritage AR Panorama
FIG. 02
System Architecture & Interaction Pipeline
FIG. 03
Virtual Architectural Navigation
FIG. 04
Spatial Darshan Heads-Up Display
FIG. 05
Cultural Artifact 3D Visualization
PROJECT DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Video Teaser & Demo
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS [1]
2026Under Review / IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2026)
HARI-AR: A Heritage Agent Reasoning Interface for Autonomous Outdoor Navigation and Semantic Spatial Reasoning
Authors: Prathik M Hadagali, Himangshu Sarma, Mrinmoy Ghorai
RESEARCH TEAM
- Dr. Himangshu Sarma
- Prathik M Hadagali
- Yaswanth Sai
- Charan Goud
- Rama Krishna
- Jaynil
- Satyam Kumar
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS
- ▸IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF)
FUNDING & GRANTS
SANCTIONED BUDGETRs. 13,80,860
SPONSORING AGENCYIIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF), DST, Govt of India
PROJECT TIMELINE2025-03-01 – 2026-09-31
TECHNOLOGIES
ARCoreLangChainNeural NetworksUnity
PROJECT DEPLOYMENTS