In elaborate Indian weddings, among the various preparations that go on ‘behind the scenes’ to make it a memorable event, a shehnai artist or shehnai wala makes for an important part of the tradition.

Till it was pedestrianised a year ago, the pavement along Katra Pyare Lal in Chandni Chowk used to be the booking spot of Old Delhi’s shehnai players. This is where they have always waited for ...

Chanting of holy verses, soft shehnai music and fragrant ... with Vivek arriving with the baraat (wedding procession) in keeping with the traditional North Indian wedding traditions.

TRIPUNITHURA: Contrary to the conventional style in the Indian music where percussion ... the structure of the kurumkuzhal is similar to that of shehnai. The playing style of kuzhalpattu has ...

The strains of his shehnai have long faded away from the Naubat ... for medical aid or for a wedding. “Be it Muharram or Eid, people used to wait for him to help them get through the hard ...