valampuri: i am grateful sir

[Guest guest]

thank you so much sir,

i am eternally grateful to you for your insight and wisdom.

i have been finding that these so-called right shankhs are easily

available and sold but did not know that it was the genuine one.

i will take care.

warm regards

aadi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sacred-objects, "Richard Shaw Brown"

<rsbj66> wrote:

> Dear Aadi,

>

> I saw both the pictures. Those do NOT look like Shank. Those are

Lightning Whelk. Now

> THIS is the problem I have been describing. Someone must be

telling you they are Lakshmi

> Conch. If so, then you request a "Conchology" report stating the

shell to be Turbinella

> Pyrum Valampuri.

>

> The real one has 3 to 5 ridges inside the mouth. But Lightning

Whelk is Whelk (not Conch)

> and has no ridges.

>

> If you keep looking you will continue to be shown the Whelk shell

(which is NOT from

> India). This is either ignorance or cheating. Please ask the

seller which is applicable in this

> case.

>

> John Ravi, Ramnath & Chandrashekar all have REAL ones, and they

sell REAL ones.

> Otherwise it is hard to find suppliers as they are VERY rare and

no one has MANY. It is

> always one here or there. Please place an order with the above

people. I have only made

> transaction with John Ramnath and he was honest, but I know the

other two persons also

> have the real Lakshmi conch, and it sells by gram @Rs.1000 and up

>

> Good luck...I hope you will get one shortly.

>

> sacred-objects, "aadi291" <aadi291>

wrote:

> > sir,posted two pics of rt hand shankhs. pls tell usif they are

genuine

> > ones. wrgds