Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Biharee Lal Agrawal does not make trinkets; he carries a professional legacy. As the head of the first family to establish wooden handicrafts in Varanasi in 1960, he treats the craft as a family treasure rather than a hobby. While the city is famous for silk, Biharee Lal has spent his life mastering the lathe and the chisel to keep Varanasi’s ancient toy-making tradition alive.

He is a man of business and precision who has exported his work from Japan to the UAE. He has no time for "folk" sentiment, his wooden horses, deities, and figurines are built to a rigorous global standard. At Kanasi, we respect him as the original guardian of this trade, providing the finest woodcraft from the heart of Kashi.

"This heritage art was kept as a professional treasure by my father, and now by me."