sandalwood japa beads

 â™¦ Indian Sandalwood, is a threatened species. It is indigenous to South India, and grows in the Western Ghats and a few other mountain ranges such as the Kalrayan and Shevaroy Hills.

♦ Sandalwood from the Mysore region of Karnataka (formerly Mysore), and marayoor forest in Kerala, southern India, is high in quality. 

 â™¦ Sandalwood has a distinctive soft, warm, smooth, creamy and milky precious-wood scent.

♦  It imparts a long-lasting, woody base to perfumes from the oriental, woody, fougère, and chypre families, as well as a fixative to floral and citrus fragrances.

  ♦ Sandalwood is used in various ways in the spiritual traditions of the Indian & Buddhist.

  â™¦ It is considered beneficial for meditation and for calming and focusing the human mind.