mumbai the worldclass terminal 2 at the city airport will be open to passengers only next month but it has already started winning accolades from industrialists and corporates who have been accorded a visit to the new facility the terminal which is scheduled to be open to international flyers from february 12 houses indias largest collection of arts and craftsover 7000 artefacts sourced from across the country and works by over 1500 contemporary and regional artists anand mahindra cmd of mahindra group who had visited the t2 on sunday told toi those who will compare mumbais new airport to other airports simply in terms of its facilities and modern conveniences will be missing the point this airport changes the current rules of the game the builders intend to transform the experience of the traveller by recognizing that people who are stuck in a place for hours need not just physical comfort but intellectual stimulation they recognize that with footfalls exceeding in the worlds largest museums airports are the most underexploited medium for injecting art into the bloodstream of a city he added that the original art and cultural artefacts provide an introduction to a country and a city in a more potent manner than ever attempted by any other airport in the world mumbais t2 will make all other airports seem simply like giant materialistic shopping malls said mahindra who also posted pictures of the new terminal on his twitter account sangita jindal chairperson of jsw foundation said i was impressed and proud after seeing this building which is of international standards kudos to sanjay and pinky reddy for patronising this project what i liked was abu jani and sandeep khoslas diya walk and rajeev sethis art walk the new terminal will further put indias art culture on the world map rpg chairman harsh goenka had tweeted t2 in mumbai art haven proud as a peacock is all reddy