The occasion was Muvvala Savvadi – 2026, the annual Hyderabad Dance Festival hosted by the Amrita Cultural Trust.

Singers and orchestra toiled admirably with this posthumous world premiere about the Hindu god, complete with inflatable deadly serpent. But the work feels straight from the 19th-century Orientalism ...

Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam) was released in theatres on May 7. Directed by Hardik Gajjar, the mythological drama has been receiving a positive response from audiences. The film has ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — In the end, there was perfection, perseverance and pain for the LSU gymnastics team in Saturday’s NCAA championship final. The Tigers led going to the final rotation but couldn’t ...

When I curated Bhakti: The Art of Krishna at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in 2024, one of the most quietly compelling works on view was Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna. For many in ...

Raja Ravi Varma's painting Yashoda and Krishna sold for Rs 167.20 crore at auction Dr Cyrus S Poonawalla acquired the painting at Saffronarts Spring Live Auction in Mumbai The sale set a record for ...

In a landmark moment for Indian art, legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma’s iconic work Yashoda and Krishna has set a new record, selling for a staggering ₹167.2 crore at a high-profile auction in Mumbai ...

It surpassed the ₹118 crore fetched by M. F. Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), which was bought last year by Delhi-based collector Kiran Nadar. Speaking about the painting, Poonawalla said, “This ...

In Raja Ravi Varma’s iconic painting, Yashoda and Krishna, a quiet, intimate moment unfolds: an infant Krishna, rendered in luminous soft tones, leans into his mother Yashoda — a tender scene ...

Who is Cyrus S Poonawalla? Dr Cyrus Poonawalla founded the Serum Institute of India in 1966 and built it into the world's largest vaccine maker. He was recognised as the 46th-richest person in the ...

The sale, in which every lot was sold, underscores rising demand for rare, blue-chip Indian works and raises the question of whether the market is being structurally re-rated. “The sale signals both ...

A 35 x 28.25-inch oil painting by Raja Ravi Varma sold for ₹167.2 crore at the Saffronart spring auction on Wednesday, making it the costliest Indian painting to be sold in an auction till date.