Bharat Kala Bhavan, located inside the BHU campus, is an art and architecture museum. It houses a vast collection of paintings, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and other materials of archeological importance. It was established in the year 1920. Many images here confirm 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.
Jantar Mantar is an observatory built by Jai Singh, the Maharaja of Jaipur in the year 1737. Jai Singh was a great admirer of science and technology and he was particularly passionate about astronomy. The Jntar Mantar at Varanasi was built in line with Delhi, Mathura, Ujjain and Jaipur observatories. It was used to measure the local time, the sun’s declination, altitude, the declination of stars, planets and to determine eclipses. The Jantar Mantar at Varanasi has several masonry instruments to record the motion, speed and properties starts and planets and study astronomy that are accurate and can still be used efficiently today.
The Ramnagar fort lies about 14 km. from Varanasi and is situated on the opposite bank of Ganga. It is the ancestral home of the Maharaja of Banaras. Maharaja Balwant Singh built this fort-palace in the 18th century. The fort is built in red sandstone and has a temple and a museum within the grounds and the temple is dedicated to Ved Vyasa, who wrote Mahabharata, the great Indian epic. The Ramnagar fort museum displays a Royal collection which includes vintage cars, palanquins, swords and old guns, ivory work and antique clocks. The Durga Temple, Chhinnamastika Temple and a temple of Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman are also located in it. The palace is decorated majestically and it vibrates with colour and life, during Dussehra festival.