# India’s Art World Shatters Billion-Dollar Records

URL: https://technosports.co.in/indias-art-world-shatters-billion-dollar-records/  
Published: 2026-06-28  
Updated: 2026-06-28  
Author: Raunak Saha

History rewritten! Vaccine mogul Cyrus Poonawalla just dropped a staggering ₹167 crore on Raja Ravi Varma’s masterpiece, *Yashoda and Krishna*.

- **Record-Breaking:** Smashed previous benchmarks to become India’s priciest painting.
- **Cultural Icon:** Varma’s realist myth-making defines modern Indian art.
- **The Pledge:** Poonawalla promises public viewings for this national treasure.

India’s art market has officially hit elite, global-tier maturity.