He grew up with the distinguished art collection of Bharat Kala Bhavan the renowned Indian Art Museum in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, which was founded by Rai Krishnadasa ji and under the shadow of top Hindi littérateurs, painters, musicians et al., a solid base which he later enriched with his own experience.
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Besides his own contribution in the fields of Indian painting, sculpture and decorative ‘minor’ arts, he has significantly contributed to the world of Indian music.
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With such personages as Hariaudh ji, Babu Shyam Sunder Das, Acharya Shukla, Keshav Prasad Misra, art historians like Dr. Moti Chandra and Dr. Birbal Sahni, historian Dr. Altekar, artistes like Ustad Ram Prasad, Omkarnath Thakur or Heerabai Badodekar present in the house on any given day, Anand's interest and involvement with art-forms intensified.
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Anand Krishna was born on November 12, 1925 into a family of Varanasithat traced its lineage to Patani Mall whose forebears served as Diwans to Moghul courts and British East India Company.
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