Title: 32_Parisara_Newsletter
Volume Number: 2014
Issue Number: 32
Year of Publication: 2014
Month of Issue: April-June 2014
Published by: EMPRI-Environmental Information System (ENVIS), Bangaluru
Printed Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: Pp.1-24
Details:
Newsletter entitled: Saga of a saintly tree, The Sandalwood tree, Nostalgic Heritage of Karnataka- Srigandha, the very word takes us to the realms of divinity, spirituality, romance and splen-dor. No wonder Karnataka boasts about the Sri Gandhada gudi- the shrine of Chandan, the wooden gold tree, Sandalwood tree of global fame. The tantalizing fra-grance of Sandalwood takes us to the royal courts, divine abodes, prayer and puja halls, auspicious ceremonies like marriages and spreads the feeling of serenity and peacefulness and evokes a divine bliss. Sandalwood tree (Santalum album L.), also known as East Indian Sandal, is one of the most economically important tropical tree species of India, treasured for its fragrant heart-wood that contains the precious sandalwood oil. East Indian San-dalwood oil is rated very high for its sweet fragrance and persis-tent aroma. ‘The Sandal Tree as if to prove, how sweet to conquer hate, love, perfumes the axe that lays it low’ - this famous quote reminds us that the tree is an epitome of Indian culture and heritage. It is an indigenous tree of high economic importance as it produces the highly priced “wooden gold”, which makes it vulnerable to safety threats. The tree has a wide natural distribu-tion, especially in south Indian states. Mysore Sandalwood and Mysore Silk are two commodities..............................................