JAYA HE GVK New Museum

  • Soumya Basnet

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Terminal 2, GVK New Museum, is a home to India’s largest public art museum titled ‘Jaya He’. It is in the form of a multi-story Art Wall, illuminated by skylights, with over 5500 artifacts, works of 100 artists, and some 1000 artisans, spread across a span of 3.2 kms, Reflecting the multi-layered story that is India, Arguably India’s largest public art initiative, Jaya He has three distinct sections. In India we mark and celebrate every rite of passage, particularly in travel – every threshold and doorway is enriched by a ritual, consecrating the journey through it. Our aim was to bring this sensibility to the airport, infusing meaning into the huge spatial volumes of T2 Mumbai. Jaya He was conceived as the threshold to the city of Mumbai and of India as a whole.