ARTIST CREATES WORLD'S 'LARGEST' DIYA PORTRAIT AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI

Team India skipper Virat Kohli a.k.a 'The Run Machine' has been making headlines for shattering records in the series with West Indies. Kohli also became the fastest batsman in the world to reach 10,000 ODI runs. Fans have been flooding social media with wishes for the star, setting records of their own.

Paying tribute to the batsman, a Mumbai-based artist has created a mosaic portrait of the skipper using nothing but diyas. 4482 diyas to be precise. He decided to make the art as a birthday gift to Kohli.

The massive artwork which is put up on display at Seawoods Grand Central Mall in Navi Mumbai is grabbing eyeballs. Why not? Measuring at a size of 9.5 X 14 ft, the artist claims that it is the world’s largest diya mosaic art ever made.

“Virat is shining like a bright light at the moment and with the Diwali approaching, I thought this would be an apt way to pay tribute. As his birthday is on November 5 and that is also the day Diwali is starting this year, it felt the right thing to do,” 31-year-old artist Abaasaheb Shewale told Indian Express

The record holder artist Shewale also said that he has spent around Rs. 10,000 on the art and notified Guinness Book of World Records for the official confirmation.

And if you want to see how the portrait came to life, here you go!