Bharat Kala Bhavan Varanasi
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Address: Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi-221005, INDIA
Phone: 316337, 307620, 307621
Fax: 91(542) 316337
Timing: 11.00 A.M. to 4.30 P.M.
Timing may change during summer
(May and June)
Bharat Kala Bhavan is a museum which displays India’s heritage. It is a mine of knowledge which has preserved the past of our country. The Bharat Kala Bhavan museum was established in the year 1920 A.D. The first Honorary Chairman was poet Rabindranath Tagore and its Honorary Vice-Chairman was poet’s nephew Silpacharya Abanindranth Tagore. But in reality the credit for the origin and subsequent development of this internationally famous museum goes to Padmavibhushan Late Rai Krishnadasa – a renowned writer in Hindi and a pioneer among the Indian art historians.
The museum is located inside the campus of BENARAS Hindu University.
Some of the important sections in the Bharat Kala Bhavan are Mahamana Malaviya gallery, Nicholas Roerich gallery, Chhavi (Painting Gallery), sculpture gallery, Nidhi (Treasures) gallery, sculpture gallery, archaeological gallery, decorative art gallery and Banaras through ages gallery.
It is an art and architecture museum and houses a vast collection of paintings, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and other materials of archeological importance. In the main hall of the Bharat Kala Bhawan, there is a figure of Lord Krishna standing on one leg and one hand on his hip and lifting a mass of stone above his head, with one hand. Basically it is said to be the figure of Lord Krishna, lifting Mount Govardhana. Many images in the Bharat Kala Bhavan confirm to the existence of Krishna cult in Kashi in 15th and 16th century. The museum also has a great collection of miniature paintings from the courts of Mughals and other Kingdoms and principalities. 1920.
Other objects that the museum has are bronze images, terracotta, beads, seals, sealing, pottery, metal crafts, ivory, jades, jewellery, rare collection of Gujarati and Palmas, Rajasthani, Pahari folk, contemporary, miniature paintings, textiles, literary materials etc.
All in the entire museum is a treasure house, a mirror of our traditions war or peace.
