Eakhamukhi Rudraksha Price: $3,800.00

September 21, 2003

Is it Real ?

and

Is it a Rudraksha ? :

Eakhamukhi Rudraksha - Nepal Price: $3,800.00

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September 21, 2003

Namaste David,

Unreal. Notice the 3 pics look exactly the same size, same color,

same surface "resinY look". Still, beauty, quality and the "real

thing" are in the eyes of the beholder :-)

Om Namah Shivaya

Sy

, "zarembadavid"

<rudra@g...> wrote:

> Is it Real ?

>

> and

>

> Is it a Rudraksha ? :

>

> Eakhamukhi Rudraksha - Nepal Price: $3,800.00

>

> http://www.hindushops.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?

> Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=H&Category_Code=R

>

> * if the link does not work just copy the link and paste it

> in the URL / WWW finder at the top of the page

September 21, 2003

Dear Respected Davidji

Namaskar My Friend and thank you for all the Good Work you are

doing....especially our weekly Rudraksa Quotes on our Group Site....is always a

pleasure to see the findings from your research each week

Went to website mentioned and is a most Beautiful website......the first three

pictures of the Eka Mukhi are all the same Bead...so something is meant to be

misleading about the way they are representing these three pictures........all

Beads shown are same Bead picture and one is listed from Ceylon and one from

Indonesia and one from Nepal......this is another indicator of problem with

proper representation of the Holy Rudraksa

Holy Rudraksa Bead shown in first three pictures is actually an oblong Bead from

India......that we work with at Rudra Centre.....and one that we really Love to

wear..........Is called an Indian Oblong Bead and these Beads in this shape grow

the 2 Mukhi India Oblong Bead and the 3 Mukhi India Oblong Bead

Then their 2 Mukhi Bead picture is also an oblong Bead from India and they took

the picture with different lighting and turned the bead on its side so you

cannot see the Mukhis....dont know exactly what their intent might be here

because they have the ability to take a picture of this Bead in the same

lighting as the other Beads and with at least one of the Mukhis showing

The 3 Mukhi Bead Picture is most likely a picture of another 2 Mukhi Oblong Bead

because the 3 Mukhi Lord Agni Rudraksa usually has the 3 Mukhis equally divided

on the Bead so that at least One of the Mukhis always shows in any picture that

is ever taken of this Highly Auspicious Rudraska

Conclusion would be they really dont have all the information needed regarding

authentic and counterfiet Rudraksa and a wholesaler from Nepal has probably set

them up with counterfiet Beads without them knowing.....this is really sad to

see because their site is absolutely Beautiful

Is standard practice in Nepal to have two groups of Rudaksa for sale......one

real and one counterfiet and some Distributors in Nepal will mix the two groups

to confuse people......in addition the exterior surface and the way the Mukhis

are being seen on the remaining pictures of Beads shows me a lightly textured

surface of surface protrusions and reminds me of the lighter Indonesian Rudraksa

that are grown in a different climate than the heavier Nepal Beads

Only way a person can really tell on the One Mukhi is to buy one and boil in

water for about 30 minutes to see if the glue they are useing to fill in one of

the Mukhis on a Two Mukhi Bead will float out of the Mukhi...if the glue is

water soluable the filler they use on the other Mukhi will float out and you

will see exactly what Mukhi Bead they are useing

If the glue is a more advanced chemical makeup the you have to place Bead in

solution of Nirtous Oxide for a short time and the glue filler will dissolve

Other than that you can send to Rudra Center Free Authentication Service in

Mumbai or in the US and we can Authenticate for anyone

Problem is we have never found quantity in a Natural One Mukhi Bead......almost

99% have all been fake....so if anyone does buy they need to have guarantee of

return

Thanks and Take Care My Friends

DharmaDev

zarembadavid <rudra

<>

Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:14 AM

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and

Is it a Rudraksha ? :

Eakhamukhi Rudraksha - Nepal Price: $3,800.00

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September 22, 2003

Dear Zarembadavid,

I checked the website you have mentioned. The 'Ek Mukhi Rudraksha' shown on the

website is called as 'Haridwar Ek Mukhi' in India. Actually it is a variation

of a 'Three mukhi oblong round Rudraksha'. In this type we also get 'Two mukhi

oblong Haridwar Rudraksha' and also 'Four mukhi oblong Rudraksha'. The 'Ek

mukhi' and 'Four mukhi' are rarely seen in this type. Most of the time (but

definitely not always) there is cheating by removing one of the cleft of 'Two

mukhi' of this type converting it into a 'Ek mukhi'. We have to first observe

it very critically and carefully. I have colleced some of such beads and boiled

it for few hours and also treated with nitrous oxide as suggested on this club

site. I got very few geniune 'Ek Mukhi in this type'. Cost of this type in

INR is from Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 5000/- and definitely not more than this.

However, it is interesting to make a note from the site that all the three

pictures shown are of the same type under different names as 'Ek Mukhi

(Ceylone)', 'Ek Mukhi (Indonesia)' and 'Ek Mukhi (Nepal)'. Rates are also

different.

Cent per cent it is not a 'Ek Mukhi Nepal type'. Nepal type bead is completely

round and is extremely rare bead. Very few people have it. It is generally in

the possession of 'Four Shankaracharyas of Hindu Peeth' and of few Yogis.

Thanking you and with best wishes.

Chandrashekhar Phadke

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September 22, 2003

Dear Sri Chandrashekharji

Namaste & Pranaam

Sincere thanks for bestowing your magnificent darshan on us. We are

very blessed to have you. Your knowledge and comments are always

invaluable.

May I ask a question: In Haridwar, did you happen to go around the

time of Khumbha Mela? I saw a documentary and noticed a lot of Heads

of the 10 Hindu Classical Schools were wearing all kinds of

rudraksha, including some Nagababas, sadhus, yogis, etc. etc. That

was during Khumbha Mela.

What I'm interested in, is actually the diamond-cut Sphatik

(crystals) Malas some of them were wearing. These sphatik malas are

Huge..! bigger than golf balls it seems. Just wondering and curious,

that's all. If you've seen these, I would be most obliged if you can

comment, thank you.

Om Namah Shivaya

Sy

, chandrashekhar

phadke <chphadke> wrote:

> Dear Zarembadavid,

>

> I checked the website you have mentioned. The 'Ek Mukhi Rudraksha'

shown on the website is called as 'Haridwar Ek Mukhi' in India.

Actually it is a variation of a 'Three mukhi oblong round

Rudraksha'. In this type we also get 'Two mukhi oblong Haridwar

Rudraksha' and also 'Four mukhi oblong Rudraksha'. The 'Ek mukhi'

and 'Four mukhi' are rarely seen in this type. Most of the time (but

definitely not always) there is cheating by removing one of the cleft

of 'Two mukhi' of this type converting it into a 'Ek mukhi'. We have

to first observe it very critically and carefully. I have colleced

some of such beads and boiled it for few hours and also treated with

nitrous oxide as suggested on this club site. I got very few

geniune 'Ek Mukhi in this type'. Cost of this type in INR is from

Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 5000/- and definitely not more than this.

>

> However, it is interesting to make a note from the site that all

the three pictures shown are of the same type under different names

as 'Ek Mukhi (Ceylone)', 'Ek Mukhi (Indonesia)' and 'Ek Mukhi

(Nepal)'. Rates are also different.

>

> Cent per cent it is not a 'Ek Mukhi Nepal type'. Nepal type bead

is completely round and is extremely rare bead. Very few people have

it. It is generally in the possession of 'Four Shankaracharyas of

Hindu Peeth' and of few Yogis.

>

> Thanking you and with best wishes.

>

> Chandrashekhar Phadke

>

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September 23, 2003

Dear Syzenith,

Thank you for your mail. I am very sorry to note that I have not seen big

Sphatik Mala so far. I also do not have much idea about the authentic

characterisation of Sphatik. However, one of the character I noticed from real

small sphatik that it has very thin milky white partition like inclusions in it.

Thanking youl and with regards.

Chandrashekhar Phadke

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