Form & Festivity: Krishen Khanna’s Bandwallas in Bronze

These extraordinary bronze works pay tribute to India’s street musicians - the trumpeters, drummers, and horn players who bring rhythm, joy, and festivity to wedding processions and public celebrations across the nation. Through remarkable sensitivity to movement and expression, Krishen Khanna transforms fleeting moments of music and camaraderie into lasting emblems of collective resilience and dignity.

The Bandwallas represent more than art - they are a meditation on permanence, elevating everyday performers into timeless symbols of India’s cultural heartbeat.