How to read a sky-shot label
Shot count, duration, effect names and what the numbers mean in the sky.
Three sky-shot plans for three budgets
What ₹3,000, ₹7,500 and ₹15,000 buy in sky shots, and how to order them.
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Notes from Vaanoli Sky Shots
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
A season at the testing field
Why we fire a sample of every batch before it goes on sale.
Setting up a sky-shot cake: base, level and distance
A flat base, a straight cake and a clear sky above it: the five-minute setup that makes a cake fire the way it should.
Cakes or rockets: choosing for your space
Why a 30-shot cake and a box of rockets suit very different terraces, streets and grounds, and how to combine them.
Sky shots for Chithirai and temple festivals in Madurai
How temple committees plan aerial shows around processions, and why we book their dates months ahead.
How we write a free show plan in one day
What happens between your WhatsApp message and the plan that comes back: the questions, the sketch and the firing order.
Sky shots for a Madurai wedding: what families ask
From the mappillai azhaippu to the reception night, how families add an aerial show to a wedding in and around the city.
Where the debris lands: what neighbours worry about
Paper, card and burnt shells come down after every aerial show; here is how far they fall and how to clean up.
What goes into the price of a 120-shot cake
Shells, the frame, testing, packing and transport: a plain breakdown of our ₹4,900 peony cake.
Watch this year’s cakes before you buy.
Short test-fire videos of every new cake, sent on WhatsApp.