Shiva Om Dear Friends,

This is indeed a burning and urgent topic which needs attention by all those who are either interested in the field of Rudraksha’s or deal in them or are Astrologers / Numerologist’s/ Palmists, etc. Not many are aware of the answer to this. Rather most will misguide you in this regard.

Off late there is a super large Rudraksha bead coming from Indonesia which is called “Pappua”, which was initially thought to be hybrid. This is however, not the case. The bead is Mega size naturally. The size is not on account of any kind of tampering. The area it comes from which itself is known as “Pappua” and hence the bead has got this name. The area from where this bead hails from is dangerous in nature and not many outsiders venture into this area. Not anticipating this Mega sized bead to be natural many a trader started making tall claims of this bead being a Hybrid bead. This is baseless and untrue.

 However, off late all through Indonesia grafting has begun rampant practice and on account of this you will get to see some Hybrid beads. The effects of the same are certainly not going to be good. The reason is simple and straightforward. One should not tamper with Mother Nature as she knows best what to do. If she has formed a particular format it is best that we adhere to it, rather than try some funny monkey tricks with it. I have personally witnessed grafting and it is rampant in Indonesia.

In Indonesia Rudraksha’s grow in many different islands. Every island grows varied qualities of beads. The farmers have now started grafting superior bead plants to inferior bead plants which are commonly available. In a short course of time the market will be flooded by beads which are borne out of grafted Rudraksha trees.

Hence, I make it a point to travel personally to the central Java islands and make my purchases after having ascertained with my own eyes and knowledge that my purchases are not from grafted trees. We at Eshan’s pride ourselves with the best beads from Indonesia and in order to do so we are willing to walk the extra mile.

The good or bad affects of these grafted beads will be really known only with a further passage of time and more experiences. We will need greater statistics to come to some kind of a conclusion in regards to the same.

If you are interested in seeing the grafting process do subscribe to my Youtube channel on the given link below

where I have put up a video of the grafting process in Indonesia.

Also you can click on the link given below

This channel contains loads of other Video’s related to Rudraksha’s, Vastu Shastra and Astrology.

I earnestly hope that my humble submission via this Blog has given you a new insight of the latest happenings in the world of Rudraksha’s.

Shivam Kalyanam.
Prof. Dr. Manoj Kalantri. Ph.D,D.Sc,D.Lit.
Eshans Emporium