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WoodworkGI Tagged · 2013-14
Saharanpur Wood Craft
TownSaharanpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Craft typeWoodwork
GI tag2013-14
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Ornately hand-carved wooden furniture and decorative items, a craft with roots tracing back over 2,000 years, distinguished by deep floral and geometric relief carving traditionally done in sheesham (rosewood).
Did you know? Saharanpur earned the nickname "Wood Carving City" and its craft tradition is believed to date back to around 2000 BC, with continued patronage through the Mughal era cementing it as one of North India's oldest surviving carving traditions.