The Incense Institute trains visually impaired individuals and others with disabilities in the delicate process of incense making. From mixing the ingredients to handcrafting and packaging the incense, trainees learn and develop skills that can become a means of livelihood through the traditional craft of incense-making.
The BIA's Incense Institute is one of the project of BIA Institute where people with different disabilities, including visually impaired are learning the process of making incense. BIA Institute runs different handicraft projects dedicated towards skill generation and promote self-reliance among the differently able and underprivileged people.
The Incense are used as an aid to relaxation, meditation, to heal disorders of mind and body to help reduce the effects of stress and of course to scent the air. Typically, the Incense is made from a blend of Different herbs, spices, plants and minerals. These ingredients, whose number can range anywhere from a handful to as many as 108, are mixed and ground together into a paste. They are then shaped into stock and dried.
