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India Gets its First Sandalwood Museum

The museum aims to educate people about farming and benefits of sandalwood

Author : OT Staff

If the fragrance of sandalwood attracts you we have a good news for you. Check out sandalwood products and learn about its cultivation and history at India&rsquos first Sandalwood Museum. 

This first of a kind museum has been set by the Mysuru Forest Divison at the Sandalwood Depot in Aranya Bhavan, Mysuru.

Visitors can learn about sandalwood classification, varieties of sandalwood, its farming methods, etc. It will also display posters with information about sandalwood growth and its role in prevention of diseases. 

Apart from the museum, there&rsquos also an auditorium, projector and seating arrangement for  visitors to learn about sandalwood cultivation, and interviews of sandalwood growers.

Later, the museum might get shifted to the Mysuru Palace.

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