Why does my system render a font different in Chrome vs other applications?

Question

I'm trying to understand why https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Martel?subset=devanagari&preview.text=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8&preview.text_type=custom#standard-styles renders differently in the browser vs in other applications. Here is what it looks like in the browser:

and here is how it looks when I render the same content on my system:

I'm trying to understand what is happening, but I don't. Any information that can be shared would be appreciated.