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Mysore Sandal Soap is a brand of soap manufactured by the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), a company owned by the government of Karnataka in India. This soap has been manufactured since 1916, when Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV , the king of Mysore , set up the Government Soap Factory in Bangalore . [ 1 ]
Sosale Garalapury Sastry (November 1899 – 22 September 1955) was an Indian industrial chemist known for his work on the manufacture of sandalwood soap through the establishment of the Mysore soap factory in Bangalore. This earned him the nickname of Soap Sastry. He also served as a director of industries and commerce in Mysore State.
Sandal Soap Factory is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro serving the nearby Orion Mall area of Bengaluru, India. It acquires its name from the factory of the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited situated nearby. It was opened to the public on 1 March 2014. [1] [2]
In 1916–17, the sandalwood oil distillery was established in Mysore by the then Mysore government (now the Karnataka government) to distil oil from sandalwood. [3] In 1977, the Mysore district had about 85,000 sandalwood trees, and production reported during 1985-86 was about 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb) of raw sandalwood.
The modern sandals are made of more modern materials, such as rubber, foam, plastic, leather, suede, and even fabric. [13] Flip-flops made of polyurethane have caused some environmental concerns; because polyurethane is a number 7 resin , they can't be easily discarded, and they persist in landfills for a very long time. [ 27 ]
These are found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands, S. album is a threatened species native to dry tropical regions of Indonesia (Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands), the Philippines, and Western Australia. [8]
Mysore silk is produced by the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Limited (KSIC). The factory was founded in 1912 by Sri Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the Maharaja of Mysore. [ 5 ] Initially, the silk fabrics were manufactured & supplied to meet the requirements of the royal family and ornamental fabrics to their armed forces.
The first extraction of its essential oil occurred in Mysore, India in 1917. For many years, the oils were extracted in the perfumeries at Grasse, France. Production is now controlled by the Indian state, and demand exceeds supply. [20] The ISO Standard for the accepted characteristics of this essential oil is ISO 3518:2002. [21]