If not its birthplace, then Lucknow is certainly one of the pilgrimage sites of Urdu poetry! The region bears a distinct influence on Urdu ghazal khwaani and Lakhnau school being one of the most prominent schools of Urdu Poetry. The lyric and rhyme of an Urdu nazm or ghazal is best enjoyed in a traditional mushaira where poets’ distinct style of elocution adds to the creations’ charm and cheered by listeners’ waah waahi! A lakhnawi social gathering is incomplete without few couplets being exchanged, what’s better than a Mushaira, a culmination of top contemporary Poets, to conclude the Literary festival!
