Situated in Uttar Pradesh on the bank of River Ganga one of the most famous tourist destinations and Hindu pilgrimage centers of India is Varanasi.It is one of seven holy places for Hindus.Varanasi is one of world’s oldest cities which is called the religious capital of India. Every pious Hindu hopes to visit the city in a lifetime, take a holy plunge in the “Ghats” of the Ganga, walk the pious Panchakosi road which bounds the city and if God wills, die here in old age.Bharat Kala Bhavan is one of the oldest museums of India.

Bharat Kala Bhavan is an art, architecture museum and houses a vast collection of paintings, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and other materials of archeological importance.Bharat Kala Bhavan was set up in 1920A.D.It is developed by Rai Krishnadasa who was famous writer in Hindi.Bharat Kala Bhavan is divided into different groups such as Mahamana Malaviya gallery, Nichols Roerich gallery, Chhavi gallery, sculpture gallery, archeological gallery, Nidhi and decorative art gallery.
Bharat Kala Bhavan is opened from 11A.M.to 5P.M. Rabindranath Tagor was the first chairman of the Bharat Kala Bhavan. One of the figures which is quite popular is that of Lord Krishna standing on one leg and one hand on his hip and lifting a mass of stone above his head, with one head. Summary-Bharat Kala Bhavan is one of the best preserved museums in the whole of India. This important early sculpture shows Krishna as he holds up mountain Govardhana to shelter his disciples from a storm. ]]> http://www.tourismvaranasi.org/2009/12/hello-world/feed/ 1