India has a rich tradition of using incense in many social and religious occasions since time immemorial. Incense sticks, also known as Agarbathi and joss sticks, in which an incense paste is rolled or moulded around a bamboo stick, is one of the main forms of incense in India. Other main forms of incense are cones and logs and Benzoin resin which are incense paste formed into pyramid shapes or log shapes, and then dried.