To Rajesh / wearing rudraksh mala while going thru security checks at airpor

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Few days back , i've asked about wearing rudraksha while going thru security

checks at

airport. Now that i've reached U.S safely , i thought i will let you know my

experience.

I was wearing a custom rudraksh combination mala (in thread + one center piece

in silver)

as well as i was carrying some nepal beads and a rosary mala in my bag. Didnt

have any

problems at the security gates .

 

Upon arriving in u.s there is a customs form which we need to fill out in case

we are

carrying any plants, seeds, vegetables . I was confused whether to declare in

this form

since rudraksh bead itself has seeds within it and indirectly i was bringing

seeds to u.s.

But then at that time i kept quiet. Not sure if i did right or wrong .

 

Others who have travelled to U.S carrying loose beads in your hand bag( which

will be x-

ray scanned) , did the customs ever asked you about the seeds within the

rudraksha

beads?

 

- Rajesh

 

, " rajesht_99 " <rajesht_99

wrote:

>

> Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. I will let you know how it goes

for me .

>

> - Rajesh

>

>

> , Anil Kumar <yogi75ank@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Rajesh,

> >  

> > I have had two such experiences. One in the middle east where I am currently

working

> and the other in Europe while I was travelling on work last month.

> >  

> > 1) I was attending an event realted to airports and the security was very

very tight and

I

> realised that Iam wearing my Rudraksha mala in silver chain with silver caps

just when I

> was reaching the security check point. Every little metal piece people before

me had was

> being detected( rings, chains, coins  etc.) and it just dawned on me that I

will have to

> remove my mala in front of others and the security personnel will definitely

take it in

their

> hands before putting it under the scanning machine. Left with no choice,

prayed

sincerely

> and went ahead after removing my rings, coins, keys etc. but not the mala and

Surprise 

> there was no beep from the security scanner. Needless to say I was in heaven

for a few

> seconds.

> > This was in the month of Novemeber / December 2007 and I had written about

it in

this

> forum.

> >  

> > 2) The second encounter was in Europe and while passing through security I

was

> confident that the mala will not beep, but it did and I had to take out the

mala and the

> security officer inspected it before handing it over back to me. To be frank

Upaguru was

> giving several reminders that it was time to clean and re-energize the beads

but due to

> time constraint before travel I couldn't do it. So when the mala had to be

removed in

front

> of others and was handled by someone else for a few minutes on my return trip,

I took

it

> as a message and cleaned the Rudraksha mala immediately upon arrival back

home.

> >  

> > Aum Sree GauriShankaray Namah

> >  

> >  

> > --- On Wed, 8/20/08, rajesht_99 <rajesht_99@> wrote:

> >

> > rajesht_99 <rajesht_99@>

> > RBSC : wearing rudraksh mala while going thru security checks at

airport

> >

> > Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 7:47 PM

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Namaste all,

> >

> > Did anyone had any unpleasant experiences wearing rudraksh mala and going

thru

the

> > security checks at the airport? does the security scanner cause any problem

on

> detecting the

> > rudraksh beads? I might be travelling outside india next month and hence

this

question.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Rajesh

> >

>