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  2. Incense in India - Wikipedia

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    Incense being sold in a market in Bangalore. India is the world's main incense producing country, [1] [2] and is also a major exporter to other countries. [3] In India, incense sticks are called Agarbatti (Agar: from Dravidian [4] [5] Tamil agil, agir, [6] Sanskrit varti, meaning "stick". [7]

  3. Mysore Agarbathi - Wikipedia

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    Incense burning fragrance from its material. Mysore Agarbathi is a variety of incense sticks manufactured at Mysore using locally grown ingredients which was found only in state of Karnataka.

  4. Mysore Sandalwood Oil - Wikipedia

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    The heartwood or the trunk of the sandalwood tree and also its roots are used in the oil extraction process. [1] [5]The oil is used in the manufacture of soaps, incense, scents, and cosmetics; it also has several uses in religious rites, skin and hair therapeutic treatments, and in pharmaceuticals.

  5. Incense - Wikipedia

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    The forms taken by incense differ with the underlying culture, and have changed with advances in technology and increasing number of uses. [7] Incense can generally be separated into two main types: "indirect-burning" and "direct-burning."

  6. Religious use of incense - Wikipedia

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    Incense smoke wafts from huge burners in Lhasa, Tibet.. The first recorded use of incense was by the Indians in the Indus Valley Civilisation in 3600 BC. Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC were the first in the non-Asian world to discover the use of incense, which was used by Hindus for centuries by the time of the 5th Dynasty.

  7. Agarwood - Wikipedia

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    Cultivated aloes/agar wood. Agarwood, aloeswood, eaglewood, gharuwood or the Wood of Gods, commonly referred to as oud or oudh (from Arabic: عود, romanized: ʿūd, pronounced), is a fragrant, dark and resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small hand carvings.

  8. File:Libre Culture.pdf - Wikipedia

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    You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

  9. Jingxiang - Wikipedia

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    Woman kindling the incense sticks for jingxiang at a temple in China.. Jìngxiāng (敬香 "offering incense with respect"), shàngxiāng (上香 "offering incense"), bàishén (拜神 "worshipping the Gods"), is a ritual of offering incense accompanied by tea and or fruits in Chinese traditional religion.