Question

where did sehnai gets it due place why

Answer 1

It is made out of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end.Its sound is thought to create and maintain a sense of auspiciousness and sanctity and, as a result, is widely used during marriages, processions and in temples although it is also played in concerts.


The shehnai is thought to have been developed by improving upon the pungi.


Another theory of the origin of the shehnai is that the name is a modification of the word "sur-nal". The word nal/nali/nad is used in many Indian languages to mean pipe or reed. The word "sur" means tone or tune—musical note or simply music—and is used as a prefix to the names of many Indian instruments. The "sur-nal" is said to have given its name to the "surna/zurna" which is the name by which the reed-pipe is known throughout the Middle East and eastern Europe.

Answer 2

shenai was invented by ancestors Bismillah Khan by doing some changes in instrument pungi as his ancestor was a hair dresser (nai) and he played in shahi Mahal that is why it got its name shehnai.