You can experience a music tradition that has been heard in Ahmedabad for nearly 600 years or the founding of the city. Past through the hustle and bustle of Manek Chowk, and just before The Kings’s Tomb, is an small inconspicuous room suspended over the entrance gate.

Here an unexpected surprise unfolds daily.  Three ninth generation naubat musicians perform a fifteen minute concert  on the Indian kettledrums, and the North Indian oboe.

This Persian tradition was started in Ahmedabad when Sultan Shaw established the city in 1411.  The musicians announced the arrival and departure of the king, announced dignitaries, accompanied festivals, played at births, marriages, deaths and even announced the beginning of wars. The music was a time keeper for the people  as the style of music changed with the time of the day.  The last concert signaled the closing of the city’s twelve gates.  Today, the musicians continue this tradition in honor and memory of the Sultan.