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2024 Beautifully Handcrafted Sandalwood elephant and lion fighting Sculpture.
Completely Handcrafted with pure and natural Indian Sandalwood.

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades.

Santalum album, or Indian sandalwood, is a small tropical tree, and is the most commonly known source of sandalwood.

Indian sandalwood is very sacred in the Hindu Ayurveda and is known in Sanskrit as vhandana.

In Hinduism and Ayurveda, sandalwood is thought to bring one closer to the divine. Thus, it is one of the most used holy elements in Hindu and Vedic societies.

In some Buddhist traditions, sandalwood is considered to be of the padma (lotus) group and attributed to Amitabha Buddha. Sandalwood scent is believed by some to transform one's desires and maintain a person's alertness while in meditation. It is also one of the most popular scents used when offering incense to the Buddha and the guru.

Sandalwood is the most commonly used incense material by the Chinese and Japanese in worship and various ceremonies.

In Korean Shamanism, sandalwood is considered the Tree of Life.