21 mukhi & Gauri Shankar/Surya

November 12, 2003

Namaste again Suryaji,

Hmmmm... I wouldn't be so sure yet :-) But you've certainly got a

good head for business. I'm most fascinated with the high mukhis on

your Gauri Shankars. Are these for collection only? Or do you wear

them? Also have immense respect for Juna Akhara.

Om Namah Shivaya

Sy

, "mahamuni"

<mahamuni@c...> wrote:

> Maybe I shoudl take a trip back to India and sell some to Miss

Neeta for lets say $13,000. Would be worth my while.

> -

> syzenith

>

> Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:11 AM

> RBSC : 19,,20,,21 & 22 mukhi/Surya

>

> Namaste Surya,

>

> Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. You're indeed

> blessed, much more than I am! Won't be able to comment about

the

> prices or authencity you mentioned till I check things out

> further..... Please bear with me..

>

> At last count, at least that was what I encountered with prices

> being 10 times more than US$1500 to $2000; that availability was

> very limited due to few harvests producing high mukhi beads such

as

> 16 mukhi and upwards, while 5 mukhis are abundant everywhere.

>

> It was very honorable of you not to have profited by 30,000Rps.

> Wonderful hearing about your Chiknas. What diameter are they?

Just

> curious, hope you won't mind.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya

> Sy

>

November 12, 2003

Currently I wear the 15 face GS with the really small chiknas and one of Amma's

beads. The chicknas are peppercorn size. They are exquisiste. This mala is

barely noticeable when I wear it. I am always in awe of this. It is so light

and feels so nice. Before I put the GS on, it just felt like I was wearing silk

or something. Don't get me wrong...the Shakti is still very perceptable but the

energy is not dense like in the next mala I am going go describe.

I also wear a 14 mukhi on a mala that is made up of beads that were Amma's.

Different types of rudrakshas on that one, including some of the rare white

ones. That has a bead of parad between the 14 and the rest. This one can get

"heavy".

Right now the 16, 17 etc are on the altar. I have a 17 GS chikna as well. I'll

scan a pic of the current altar layout. I change it periodically.

I originally had a mala made more like a Siddh Mala but I found it too heavy to

wear very much and it broke. It had a double tiger claw piece wrapped in gold

that I designed and had made in India. I was lucky enough to find about 10

authentic tiger claw pieces and made them into similar pieces. Very tough to

find the real thing. These are old pieces. The Babas went ga ga over them.

I still have a few more malas to be restrung. One of my favorites was one with

a 14 mukhi chikna for the guru bead. All very dark chiknas on that one.

Many more.

-

syzenith

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:49 AM

RBSC : 21 mukhi & Gauri Shankar/Surya