Mysore Sandalwood Chandan Tilak Puja Paste

Chandan (Sandal) paste is integral to rituals and ceremonies, to mark religious utensils and to decorate the icons of the deities. It is also distributed to devotees, who apply it to the forehead or the neck and chest.

The paste is prepared by grinding sandalwood by hand upon granite slabs (popularly known as Saane kallu in Kannada and Ammi kallu in Malayalam) shaped for the purpose. With slow addition of water a thick paste results (called Kalabham in South India).

In Tirupati temple after religious tonsure, Sandal paste is applied to protect the skin. Sandalwood is considered in Hinduism and Ayurveda to bring one closer to the divine.

This ready to apply sandal paste is used widely in major temples of Lord Krishna. Applying on Forheads, Prayer, Rituals, Bathing of gods, Yantras, Rudraksh Beads, Shaligrams-shilas, Malas- Rosaries, Deity idols, Shanks, Abhishkum, Temples.