Incense Sticks

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Incense Sticks
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What is Incense ?
Incense is aromatic biotic material which
releases fragrant smoke when burned. The term
refers to the material itself, rather than to the
aroma that it produces. Incense is used for a
variety of purposes, including the ceremonies of
all the main religions, to overcome bad smells,
repel insects.
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Composition of Incense......
Incense is composed of aromatic plant materials,
often combined with essential oil. The forms
taken by incense differ with the underlying
culture, and have changed with advances in
technology and increasing diversity in the
reasons for burning it. Incense can generally be
separated into two main types "indirect-burning"
and "direct-burning". Indirect-burning incense
(or "non-combustible incense") is not capable of
burning on its own, and requires a separate heat
source.
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Incense In India
India has a rich tradition of using incense in
many social and religious occasions since time
immemorial. Incense sticks, also known as
agarbathi. In which an incense paste is rolled or
moulded around a bamboo stick, is one of the main
forms of incense in India. A uniform and
codified system of incense-making first began in
India. The modern system of organized
incense-making was likely created by the
medicinal priests of the time.
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Ingredients
The basic ingredients are bamboo sticks, paste
(generally made of charcoal dust and
joss/jiggit/gum/tabu powder - an adhesive made
from the bark of litsea glutinosaand other trees
and the perfume ingredients. The bamboo stick is
rolled into the masala, or is sometimes rolled
into a perfume liquid consisting of synthetic
ingredients. Stick machines are sometimes used,
which coat the sticks with paste and perfume,
though the bulk of production is done by
hand-rolling at home.
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Ingredients
There are about 5,000 incense companies in India
which take raw un-perfumed sticks hand-rolled by
approximately 200,000 women working part-time at
home, apply their own brand of perfume, and
package the sticks for sale. An experienced
home-worker can produce 4,000 raw sticks a
day. There are about 25 main companies, who
together account for up to 30 of the market, and
around 500 of the companies.
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There are many Incense sticks manufacturers and
suppliers in the b2b marketplace have their
online store in our portal. They also give their
users the opportunity to view detailed relevent
information and pictures of the products so that
the users can confidently buy the offered range
of Incense sticks.