Loban Resin 100g

Loban in its real form

Most loban sold today is a cone or a cup with a charcoal base built in — convenient, and perfectly good. But raw loban resin is the original: pale crystalline chunks of benzoin, burned a pinch at a time on hot charcoal.

The difference is control and intensity. Raw resin on charcoal gives a fuller, sweeter smoke than any pre-formed cone, and you decide exactly how much and for how long.

Details

• 100 g pure loban (benzoin) resin in natural crystal form
• No binders, no charcoal base, no added fragrance
• Sweet, warm, balsamic smoke
• Requires charcoal and a dhoop burner

How to burn it

1. Light a charcoal disc in a metal burner and wait until it is fully greyed over — usually a few minutes. Resin placed on black charcoal will smother it.
2. Drop a pinch of loban crystals onto the charcoal.
3. It melts and smokes immediately, and the smoke is dense.
4. Add more only when the smoke thins. A pinch at a time is genuinely enough.
5. To purify a home, carry the burner — not the resin — slowly room to room.

When loban is traditionally burned

At dusk, after cleaning the house, after illness, before a puja, at griha pravesh, and in many households as a weekly practice on a fixed day.

Storage

Keep in a closed container in a cool, dry place. Benzoin softens in heat and the crystals fuse into a single block if left warm.

Safety

Charcoal reaches very high temperatures and the burner stays dangerously hot long after the smoke stops. Use a heat-safe base, never place the burner on cloth, wood or marble, ventilate the room, and keep well away from children and pets.

About Advik Rituals

We are based in Sigra, Varanasi (Kashi). We curate complete, pandit-verified puja kits and samagri so families can perform rituals correctly without hunting for individual items. Pure ingredients. Complete vidhi. Sacred blessings.