Wood has been a significant material for plastic arts, utilized by the craftsmen and artisans since ancient periods due its abundance of availability and natural characteristics like texture of surface, pattern of grain, varied color, and lofty smoothness moreover for its easy to carve or plastic quality which makes it apart from the stone and metal.

Consequently varieties of wood have been used by the artists and craftsmen according to their accessibility and characteristics in India, though teak and black wood are comparatively more popular and extensive.

In tradition of wood carvings and sculptural art, wood has been used since the early medieval period to late medieval period for various purposes to carve the icons, idols, reliefs, thrones, decorations of door and window facades and many others object of art