This is one of the most precious forestlands
sandalwood log that makes it so precious
to get to it these men lifelessly has
down the lighter external subcaste of sapwood
until they are left with this the dark
the inner core that makes a kilogram of
Indian sandalwood cost 200 moment
this is where sandalwood's unique
the scent comes from and when it's
distilled it's used in all kinds of
products from bath detergents to luxury brand
so what makes sandalwood's aroma so
and is that why the wood is so precious
native to south India centalum reader or
Indian sandalwood was used for hundreds
of times before getting a go-to scent
it's also been used for wood busts
and drug and it's indeed considered a
a sacred tree in several persuasions
formerly distilled sandalwood's sweet woodsy
aroma retains its scent for decades
this we take independently and it is
after gathering the forestry department
sells sandalwood at the transaction to manufactories
this is a judge local class of
we have entered from Narayan in Kerala
concave heartwood logs are classified as
jejpokal is one of the 18 classes of Indian
manufactories can buy pure heartwood
like judge local or raw sandalwood logs
but if they buy the raw wood they'll
need to break down each log themselves
although a machine helps resolve
sandalwood into further manageable pieces
stripping the logs down to their
heartwood core requires the trouble of
in a physically demanding process these
men hash each log to remove the sapwood
a thenon-fragrant portion of sandalwood
heartwood the external portion is called
sapwood and the surface portion is
pure heartwood is the most precious
in some trees, pure heartwood is easier
to prize because it forms in one
in other trees the heartwood mixes
together with sapwood which impacts the
this brown portion is altered and this
and sapwood that is why it's called
mixed wood so it's a little bit
after workers have gathered all they
can a machine breaks down the strips of
workers do a sift through these chips
to snare any leftover pieces of usable
also, a separate machine turns those
the process is long and it starts with
fitting brume into distillation stills
after the canvas is uprooted all that's
leftism are these giant mounds of greasepaint
but indeed with the utmost of the canvas gone some
rather than going to waste it's used to
make incense sticks and dupe a common
form of incense in India used during
during the final stages workers separate
the canvas from water and purify it until
they're left with a completely clean tank
it takes Mahadeva's platoon about a week to
distill one metric ton of canvas
tanks of the purified canvas are transferred to a
then experimenters test each batch for
they smell samples of the canvas to confirm
the aroma is harmonious across batches
sandalwood's unique and long-lasting
the scent makes it compatible with a wide
which is why it's an ideal base for
so sun cargo canvas is a woody emulsion it
is a base emulsion it longers around
further, than 24 hours it isn't like that
after the canvas is tested it heads to
another plant where it'll be used to
make cleaner for Karnataka cleaner and
okay this is the final finished canvas is
the color of the canvas that was finished
product incense what we're using for
measures and also scent kids is one
of the biggest directors of sandalwood
although its primary focus is cleaner the
the company sells bottles of just sandalwood
one 10 gram bottle of sandalwood canvas
costs 5 500 rupees or about 74 bones
it is veritably precious for common people
I and you can not go to pay a 3000
rupees for a 5 gram of beach line
there used to be an increase in the price
the increase compared to former prices
so when the beach would price increases
surely canvas prices will also be
In 2017 a kilogram of Indian sandalwood
and demand is not decelerating down with the
request anticipated reaching over 165
out of roughly 10 sandalwood species
Indian sandalwood and Australian
sandalwood has the largest marketable
value the difference is the Indian
species has advanced situations of nascence and
sandalwood responsible for its lasting
scent and believed health benefits
India used to dominate the request for
sandalwood canvas and canvas- grounded products
but in recent times Australia which
grows both the Indian and Australian
the significant ground in the request
although this might look like a lot of
sandalwood India is actually facing a
in fact, the force is so limited that
this sandalwood distillery only operated
for about four months in 2021
and over until 2002, it was illegal for
private farmers to plant sandalwood
trees in the southern countries of
Karnataka Tamil Nadu and Kerala
government-sanctioned replanting
alongside the over-harvesting India's
and since 2018 the species has been
considered vulnerable one position above
another factor that limits force and
An increases in the price is essential to the
the way the tree grows aged trees tend to
farmers will generally stay around 20
this staying period does not only limit
the volume of sandalwood it also puts
crop it needs veritably tolerance to grow and
you need to cover it till its maturity
the moment every tree has to be registered
with the government and can not be
gathered or transported without
but indeed these strict regulations aren't
according to Hinduism moment roughly 2
000 tons of smuggled sandalwood passed
through the black request in 2018
to successfully grow the trees for
decades growers must pay the cost to
then in the megacity of Mysore some trees
on top of this trouble harvesting these
when a planter has blessed a government
functionary must come in person to extract
none of the trees should be wasted
particularly heartwood in the box and
roots since it holds the loftiest canvas
in the end the tree's total canvas affair
so you may get around 60 grams of
sandalwood out of 1 kg of a root portion
you may get around 40 grams to
in branches about 30 grams to 40 grams
to replenish some of its trees the
Karnataka state government created the
grow further sandalwood program around 360
growers are enrolled with we grow more
sandal design and we are encouraging
growers to grow more and more
sandalwood and after minimum 14 times of
but growing trees comes with the cost of
guarding them for decades at a time
the commodity that probably will still discourage
growers there are also the warrants
farmers need from the government which
it's uncertain if programs like this can
return India to its old product
situations but at a minimum, the trouble might
help restore some of the country's lost
