[1][2] He is also credited to invent a musical instrument, which was a version of Khartal and introducing it in Bihaha.
[3] He wrote Biraha and popularized it in the cities like Benaras and also taught it to his disciples.
Bihari was born in a Bhojpuriya Ahir family in a village named Patna near Aunrihar town in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh in 1857.
He permanently resided in Ahiryana near Nichi Bagh.
He started performing Biraha in the temples of Benaras.