Sandalwood has a distinctive soft warm smooth creamy and milky precious-wood scent. Sandalwood Sticks/powder/paste is integral to Indian rituals and ceremonies to mark religious utensils and to decorate the icons of the deities. Unlike many other aromatic kinds of wood Sandalwood can keep its fragrance for decades. It is also used as a Medicinal ingredient in many Herbal Medicines and is also used in many Beauty products too. Sandalwood in all its form [powder oil paste sticks] is used in all Daily Traditional practices in Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Zoroastrianism Sufism also in Chinese & Japanese rituals.
