Deep relief and lattice carving worked into furniture, screens, and architectural panels — a craft as old as the timber temple architecture it grew alongside.
सहारनपुर, कश्मीर, गुजरात · Saharanpur, Kashmir, Gujarat
Regional wood-carving traditions vary by both wood and motif: Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh works sheesham, rosewood, into furniture and screens, Kashmir carves walnut wood into intricate floral panels, and Gujarat and Rajasthan developed the elaborately carved wooden doors and window screens (jharokhas) still found on older havelis.
The same carving vocabulary, deep floral and geometric relief work, appears across doors, temple chariots, and furniture alike, with master carvers traditionally trained through years of apprenticeship under a senior craftsman rather than formal design school.