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Rudraksha Tree

Rudraksha is perfect for body, mind and spiritual gains.

Creation of the rudraksha tree from the tears of deepest meditation shed by Rudra ( Shiva ) upon seeing the unrighteous conduct of demon Tarakasur's sons, and their destruction by Shiva "Through their righteous conduct and devotion unto Shiva, Tarakasur's sons Tadinmali, Tarakaksh and Kamalaksh, attained divinity. After some time, seeing that they had returned to their original unrighteous conduct, Shankar (Shiva) was grief-stricken and went into deepest meditation, and His eyes were filled with tears. A few of these tears fell onto the earth; a tree sprang up from these, which came to be known as the Rudraksha tree. Later, Shiva destroyed the sons of Tarakasur."

General information on the Rudraksha tree: found from sea level up to 3000m above. The Rudraksha tree grows in a narrow space, not on open ground. Its leaves resemble those of tamarind or nux vomica, but are longer. It yields one to two thousand fruits annually. The Yatis (Ascetics) in the Himalayas survive only on these fruits. These fruits are also known as amritphala (Fruits of Nectar).

Rudraksha trees are found all around the world including India, especially in hilly regions and plains. It looks like any other tree. The height of the tree ranges from 50 ft to 200 ft with long leaves. Rudraksha flowers are white in colour and the fruit attached to them is round in shape. This fruit contains a small solid which turns into Rudraksha.

Rudraksha fruits are sweet and sour in taste. They taste bitter. The fruits of this tree fall themselves on getting riped. The seeds of these fruits are known as Rudraksha beads. Rudraksha contains stripes on its surface which categorizes them into different categories, known as Mukhi or faces. They are purified and used for worshipping thereafter to get benefits.

Rudraksha in different regions of India

In India, Rudraksha trees are found majorly in the Himalayan region. Other than this, they are also found in regions of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttranchal, Arunachal Pradesh, Bengal, Haridwar, Garhwal etc. In South India, they are found in Neelgiri, Karnataka and Mysore. In Rameshwaram, Rudraksha are found in the shape of cashews. Other places are Gangotri and Yamunotri.

Rudraksha found in Nepal and Indonesia

Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia are the largest producing countries of Rudraksha and India is the largest buyer of it. Rudraksha found in Nepal are large in size, whereas Indonesian and Malaysian Rudraksha are comparatively smaller. Rudraksha is mostly traded in India and the business goes up to millions an year. “Iliyocaiepas Genetrius” Rudraksha is found very rarely and Nepal is the only country to produce it.

Grow ‘rudraksha’ plant at home & Bring lord Shiva’s blessing to your home

Rudraksha is the plant one can also gift to someone loved and dear as well the best to gift to the temples where it provides multifold spiritual gains.

It removes the blood impurities and strengthens the body substance.

Planting this holy tree around the house, removes evil eye and sins of the housing environment. Because of its evergreen nature, it brings cool environment around the surrounding.

Although it does not require any special climatic condition to grow, it depends on the nature of soil and care during first few days of planting Rudraksha.

Rudraksha tree can be grown by soiling the special beads as well as by planting small plant directly. When Rudraksha beads are soiled it takes around one year for it to sprout to a plant.

As it is believed, wearing Rudraksha helps in getting rid of all the sins and gets a person to attain the supreme goal of his life.

Rudraksha is considered to be a spiritual bead. Used since ancient time for increasing the spiritual power, self confidence, courage and for building a positive attitude in multidiscipline area.