Bharat Kala Bhavan, located inside the BHU campus,
is an art and architecture museum and houses a vast collection of
paintings, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and other materials of
archeological importance. The Bharat Kala Bhavan was established in the
year 1920 A.D. In the main hall of the Bharat Kala Bhawan, there is a
figure of a man standing on one leg and one hand on his hip and lifting
a mass of stone above his head, with one hand. The figure is said to be
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.
Bharat Kala Bhavan also has a great collection of miniature paintings
from the courts of Mughals and other Kingdoms and principalities. 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.
