Karnataka is moving ahead with a plan to build a unified Digital Heritage Portal. This portal will bring together manuscripts, rare printed works, archival records, and other cultural treasures on one platform. The Oriental Research Institute (ORI) Mysuru and Karnataka State Archives are jointly leading this effort under the government's Digital India Mission. This new portal aims to open Karnataka’s cultural heritage to the world and support research and preservation. To boost this, ORI Mysuru will become home to the National Centre for the History of Indian Sciences. ORI has started digitising all its palm leaf and paper manuscripts. They also created a special website for scholars worldwide to access rare materials. ORI has signed an MoU with the Mahabharata Pratishthana, Bengaluru, and works with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi. ORI is updating its technology to include AI tools. These tools help with script recognition, tagging data, and digitally restoring damaged documents. Early tests show good results. A short audio-visual video showcasing this work is ready. Plans also include training digital archivists and boosting digitisation speed. ORI stores over 70,000 manuscripts and 45,000 rare printed works, including classics like Arthashastra and Natya Shastra. Digitisation efforts worth ₹2.15 crore with partners have already converted many items into digital archives. An earlier report to the Union government emphasized protecting rare collections that cover India’s knowledge areas like Ayurveda, astronomy, and classical literature. It noted Karnataka holds many valuable Sanskrit and Kannada texts. The report mentions that ageing and decay threaten these items. So, technology like high-resolution scanning and AI is used alongside traditional conservation. The Karnataka State Archives in Bengaluru and Mysuru also protect public records from 1811 onward, including palace letters, maps, and photos showing Karnataka’s history. Conservation labs carry out fumigation and de-acidification to preserve fragile documents. The government and institutions are working hard to save and share Karnataka’s rich heritage digitally.