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Nepali Rudraksha Benefits

Ruling God: Lord Shiva
Ruling Planet: All
Beej Mantra: "Aum Namah Shivaya", "Aum Hreem Namah"

Rudraksha Beads have long been sought for their supposed magical & medicinal properties. The word Rudraksha (botanical name: Elaeocarpus Angustifolius) is a combination of the words Rudra (Shiva) & Aksha (eyes). According to the ancient spiritual texts like the Shiv Purana & the Devi Bhagwatam this herbal bead i.e. Rudraksha has numerous therapeutic properties & the spiritual significance. You can determine the value of Rudraksha Bead by various colours, sizes, shapes and the number of cuts called Mukhis.

Rudraksha also works on different chakras of the body and they cleanse the chakras in a very short duration. Wearing of Rudraksha helps to regulate blood pressure, providing relief from headache, skin problems, psychiatric cases, backache, tension, insomnia, phobia and giving success in educations, business and relationships. If you wear Rudraksh you start experiencing positive changes in around a week & full effects in around a month.

Certified Rudraksha & Types of Rudraksha

With the development of modern science, scientists have carried various researches for evidence to support the ancient beliefs about Rudraksha or Rudraksha Bead. Their researches & findings have validated and also confirmed the divine power of Rare Rudraksha beads. People from every walk of life irrespective of caste, religion, creed, gender and nationality can use the divine Rudraksha and can attain the maximum spiritual, physical & material benefits.

Rudraksha range from 1 Mukhi Rudraksha to 21 Mukhi Rudraksha (each Rudraksha Bead) is capable of aligning our mind & the energy around us to specific outcomes in spiritual upliftment, health, prosperity, happiness, creativity, material fulfilment, intuitive ability, family harmony, self- empowerment, attraction & fearless life.

Genuine Rudraksha Found In Nature

Scientifically Rudraksha plant (Elaeocarpus) is a large genus of broad-leaved evergreen trees. Rudraksha trees are almost 50 ft to 200 ft in height and found in the North Indian River Plain of the Himalayas to the South-East Asia, Indonesia & Nepal. These trees bear white flowers with fringed petals which develop into the drupaceous fruit resembling olive.

The branches of Rudraksha tree spread in all directions and growing in natural habitat. It is basically grown in the subtropical climatic region & temperature ranges should be from 25 to 30-degree centigrade. In its original form, a Rudraksha is this fruit with a blue husk (like fruits similar to ‘Blueberries’) covering the seed (bead). This fruit is kept in water for a number of days after then Rudraksha is taken out after peeling off the pulp. Rudraksha contain 50.031% carbon, 30.53% oxygen, 0.95% nitrogen & 17.897% hydrogen.

In the single tree of Rudraksha, beads come in all different mukhis (faces) at the same time. But higher Mukhis Rudraksha is very rare to find. The Rudraksha Beads come in seasonal pattern every year around mid of the August to mid of the October.

Benefits of Wearing Rudraksha

-Wearer gets peace & harmony, Controls stress, hypertension & blood pressure.
-It mitigates the effects of karmas
-Wearing a Rudraksha Bead protects against unfortunate events & ominous accidents.
-It removes planetary malefic.
-It also aids in memory retention & decision making
-Wearing of Rudraksha attracts abundance and also helps in the awakening of Kundalini.
-It increases self-power, balances the chakras & heals diseases in the body.
-It gives peace of mind to the wearer, stimulates the mind & sharpens the intellect.

Daily Puja of Rudraksha Beads

As Rudraksha is a divine bead & it bestows all sorts of spiritual, mental & physical benefits to its wearer you should perform daily puja of Rudraksha. Rudraksh works fully after Pranprathistha Puja is done. However, you may choose to energize the Rudraksha Bead continually at the end to derive maximum benefits.

How to Identify Rudraksha Beads

To meet the increasing demand for different types of Rudraksha sometimes traders manufacture rarely found beads such as the one faced Rudraksha or higher than 12 mukhi Rudraksha. It is seen that mostly a higher Mukhi is fashioned by carving a lower Mukhi Rudraksha into having extra segments. These beads can be of Nutmeg, Areca nut or wood. In this way, people who want to buy a genuine Rudraksha gets duped. Here are a few methods of testing a genuine Rudraksha which are:

-Copper Coin Test: In copper coin test place the Rudraksha between two copper coins and it should rotate slightly. This is due to the magnetic & physical properties of the Rudraksha beads.
-Cut Test: A full-proof method of testing a Rudraksha is to cut the Rudraksha bead horizontally. Here you will find the same number of compartments as that of the number of lines. But in this method, the bead gets destroyed.
-Properties Test: In this method, you can test a bead by exhibit properties like inductance, conduction of electric current, capacitance etc.
-Eye test: You can simply test a Bead by looking at these deep linings (facets) with the help of a magnifying glass and you can easily recognize a real Rudraksha.

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Tips & Care for your Beads

Rudraksha is a divine bead and it can be worn by anybody irrespective of age, caste, culture, sex, creed & location. But it is advisable that there are some precautions should be taken while using Rudraksha since it is a divine gift of Lord Shiva.

-You can wait for a Monday as it is an auspicious day to start wearing a Rudraksha bead.
-You can also wear your Rudraksha early morning on any auspicious day of the week.
-First of all, take an early morning bath and Chant ‘OM Namah Shivay’ nine or 108 times.
-Now chant the seed mantra of your Rudraksha bead nine or 108 times.
-Now you can wear it by remembering the face of all-auspicious Lord Shiva.
-You should wash beads with water (Ganga Jal) every week.
-You can also soak the beads in water overnight & scrub with a hard plastic brush to clean the pores (remember that beads are strong and do not break with scrubbing).
-Once Rudraksha is dry you can apply a light oil like Olive & Sandalwood oil with a toothbrush.