MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY
MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY The orange, red and brown emblem of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University (MKBU) has a shield in the centre of which a picture of the the king is placed and on its four corners it houses the motifs of a computer, a scroll with a brush, a flask with a plant and anatomic diagram and a gear wheel and T-square and a traditional lamp.. These motifs denote the courses and fields of education offered by the university; the shield symbolises protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery and the lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity. Below the shield, on an orange banner, its motto in Sanskrit ‘तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय’ (Yajnavalkya,1.3.28, Pavamana Mantra, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) meaning ‘From Darkness Lead me to Light’ is inscribed.