Ikshvaku Sandalwood Cones – 25 Cones – Set of FIVE

Sandalwood is a kind of wood growing in Asia and East India. In Hindi it is called “chandana ki lakdi”. Sandalwood has a very sturdy fragrance. Sandalwood oil is obtained from sandalwood trees. These woods are bulky, yellow and fine. It is used for preparing incense sticks and cones, sandal soaps for bathing, sandal powder, and sandal oil for medicinal purpose and sandalwood is also used for ceremonial and spiritual purposes like for the decoration of deities and even the priests or the devotees who apply sandal to cover their forehead and neck, it is put to various other uses as well. Sandalwood incense sticks comprises of Santalol molecules which has sandalwood oil of about 55%. The fragrance predominates dry earthiness. Smells like sweet musk and is subtly spicy.

The Sandalwood Incense cones are completely handmade. The paste of the Sandalwood Masala mixture is hand-stuffed into a cone moulds. Incense cones, also known as dhoop or dhoop cones, in which an incense paste is moulded around in to a cone, is one of the main forms of incense in India. Cones burn themselves out and leave ashes only. Whereas the sticks leave a woody fragrance at times, the cones only let out fragrance of herbal extracts divinising the atmosphere around. Ikshvaku sources its incense from a cottage industry located in the south Indian city of Bengaluru, India.