Getting your guests to Udaipur and around the old city
Flights, trains, coaches and the last few hundred metres. A practical guide for families with guests from all over.
Music, noise and a heritage house
Can you have a loud sangeet in a 230-year-old haveli in the old city? Yes, within some limits. Here they are.
Families sometimes worry that an old haveli in the middle of Udaipur means a quiet wedding. It does not, but there are limits, and it is better to know them before you plan.
The first is time. Amplified music outdoors, on the rooftop or the lawn, ends at 10 pm, in line with local rules for residential areas. The old city is full of homes, and our neighbours live a few metres away. After 10 pm the party can continue inside the darbar hall, where the thick lime walls keep sound in, until midnight.
The second is volume and placement. We ask DJs to point speakers towards the lake rather than into the lanes, and we keep a sound meter on the rooftop. Most DJs who have worked here before know the setup. The third is the building. Heavy bass sets old wooden jharokhas rattling and can loosen plaster over time. We do not allow subwoofers on the rooftop parapets, and large speaker stacks go on the lawn, not inside the painted hall.
Live music works beautifully here. A folk group from western Rajasthan in the courtyard, a shehnai at the baraat or a small band on the rooftop sound right in these walls, and need far less amplification than a DJ. We can introduce you to musicians we have worked with.
