108 beads are strung on a garland of Buddhist prayer beads, with the beads typically made of fragrant wood like sandalwood, Ladakh, India, Asia

A boy with a doko (back basket) wearing powdered sandalwood on his face for decoration, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A woman wearing natural sun protection, probably made of sandalwood, harvests rice from rice paddies, Manipur, India, Asia

Pundit making Brahman sandalwood paste tilak on Hindu worshipper's forehead outside Hariharnath temple, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Sandalwood seed, Australia bush food eaten by Aborigines and used for indigenous craftsmanship to make necklaces and bracelets, Australian Outback, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Vishnaivite holy man sitting cross legged, preparing for morning puja, applying sandalwood tilaks on forehead and arms, wearing simple white dhoti and sacred Hindu string, Patna, Bihar, India, Asia

Vaishnavite pundit dressed in red and with heavy sandalwood and abir tilak on his forehead, at Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

Two men with Vaishnavite sandalwood tilaks on their foreheads, one man with long uncut hair, Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

Sandalwood paste for tilaks, and kumkum, the sacred combination of holy thread and coloured powder, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Pundit with Brahman sandalwood paste tilak on his forehead showing holy threads and coloured powder, Hariharnath temple, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Head and shoulders portrait of a young Burmese girl with short hair and sandalwood Thanaka facial decoration, holding a bunch of flowers, Bagan (Pagan) area, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The 55 foot high sandalwood statue of Maitreya Buddha recorded in the Guiness Book of Records at Yonghe Gong Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Jain priest making sandalwood paste, Ranakpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Girl with masonjoany a beauty mask obtained using the powder from the sandalwood of Madagascar shrub, Miandrivazo, Madagascar, Africa

Girl with masonjoany a beauty mask obtained using the powder from the sandalwood of Madagascar shrub, Miandrivazo, Madagascar, Africa

Sandal incense from India, Asia

Small boy with yellow face painting, sandalwood, in the Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Cone-shaped incense, sandalwood, with prayers, in the assembly hall of the Chinese from Guangzhou, Hue, Vietnam, Southeast Asia