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Abstract: Incense is an aromatic biological substance that releases fragrant smoke or fumes when burned and used for
appealing and aesthetic purposes as well as some other use like repelling insects. Darjeeling Himalayan region is rich in
diversified flora and varied tribal communities having rich traditional knowledge. They still prefer to use their traditional
knowledge to exploit the available plant resources for religious purposes as well as making traditional incense and insect
repellent substances. Being rich in traditional knowledge system, different aspect of ethnobotany and indigenous knowledge of
different communities of this area were studied by different workers. Lack of complete, concrete and compact study on
incense and insect repellent plants of this zone and the related aspects encouraged the present dissertation which was designed
to enumerate the botanicals used as incense and insect repellent agents by the people of Darjeeling. Standard methodology for
ethnobotanical survey including field visit, market survey, visit to the religious places, interviews with monks, knowledgeable
elderly person etc were followed to collect the data.