Identification of Rudraksha

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Namaste Amaratpal,

 

The book 'Power of Rudraksha' contains a lot of useful information.

Please also read the article below about Identification of Rudraksha.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

 

 

, Amaratpal Kaur

<amaratkaur wrote:

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> Dear Sirs,

>

> I would appreciate any information  from the group that would

allow me some way of identifying a real rudraksha from a fake one. Is

there any method i could use?

>

> Thank you

> amaratpal

>

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Identification of Rudraksha

 

 

Rudraksha are available from 2 mukhi till 27 mukhis. The five faced

Rudraksha are found easily and abundantly. One faced Rudraksha round

variety has never been found till date and is thus a myth. A variety

of Rudraksha called 1 mukhi half moon is thus sold in its place which

is genuine and belong to a family tree of rudraksha. This bead is

found easily and price is also not high. However there are suppliers

who sell this half moon variety also at exorbitant prices taking

advantage of the rarity of round 1 mukhi rudraksha. Round 1 mukhi

rudraksha however is the most highly sold bead and is faked in many

forms by unscrupulous suppliers. Many of these beads are made from

berries and betel nuts and Areca nuts. Some have a stem implanted in

them artificially to give a real look. Also some suppliers sell fake

1 mukhis which have Serpent, Trishul, Lingam etc carved on them. A

real Rudraksha does not have these markings. Rudraksha having 2,3,4,6

and 7 faces are found abundantly and hence their prices are not high.

Fake rudraksha are made by carving extra lines in these lower mukhi

beads to obtain the rare and higher priced higher mukhi beads. Also

some scrupulous people fake Gauri Shankar Rudraksha by gluing

together two Rudraksha beads. But these can be again detected by

little experience and awareness. Please note that the idea of

informing about Fake Rudraksha is not to scare away people, but to

make them aware. Genuine rudraksha sold are also available in plenty

naturally. But it is the greed of suppliers to make more money that

forces them to deal in fake beads. Also in the case of rare Rudraksha

beads of higher mukhis fakes are sold by such suppliers to satisfy

the increasing demand of these beads.

 

It is not very difficult to recognize a real Rudraksha. On account of

its increasing importance and price, it is made artificially also and

these artificial Rudrakshas are also being sold in market. Artificial

Rudraksha used to be made long ago by using wild berry seeds or nuts

or wood. But now this is an outdated technique and the Nepal

suppliers of today are making these by carving out extra lines in a

lower mukhi bead to get a higher mukhi bead, or hiding extra lines to

obtain a rare lower mukhi bead and even by gluing together parts of

rudraksha beads to obtain another rudraksha. Thus these fake

rudraksha look externally like real rudraksha and thus have to be

examined more carefully. But in these artificial Rudraksha, no facet

can be made as real as the ones that are in the genuine ones and can

easily be detected by an experienced eye .Here the facet (Mukh) means

deep lining from the upper part to the lower part of Rudraksha.

Looking at these deep linings-facets one can recognize real

Rudraksha. One needs to use magnifying glass for this purpose and

examine for artifically carved lines (which are generally very sharp)

and glued surfaces on the bead.

 

There are many other criteria written to recognize Rudraksha, such as

the sinking and floating of Rudraksha in the water and revolving

between two coins. But it is not a correct criterion. Even an unripe

but genuine Rudraksha may float in the water, and a non genuine ones

made out of wood impregnated with lead or by tampering a real

rudraksha may sink. Therefore, we should not bother about these

suspicions and false notions. The Rudraksha should be brought from a

genuine supplier who is accountable to the people, and who would

accept returns. Buying rudraksha is like buying Gems in which buyers

buy from a trusted supplier only and thus buyers needs to consult

other previous buyers for the genuine suppliers and their experience

of dealing with them, before taking a decision to purchase these

beads.

 

Another thing to be noted is that rudraksha being a natural product,

it is available in many qualities from low, medium,high to collector.

A buyer should avoid low quality beads which are light weight, have

broken surfaces and are unshapely and have extremely dry surface.

These beads rarely provide any effect. One should go for rudraksha

which are heavy, bright, lustrous, shapely and emit a positive

vibration.

 

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