Certificate Verification

Myth and facts about Rudraksha testing.

The biggest question while buying Rudraksha is how to differentiate between real and fake Rudraksha. Their are so many testing method that claim to test the authenticity of rudraksha. So lets find out correct way to test the rudraksha.

Water Testing:-

In water Testing, We can not check the reality of rudraksha by floating or sinking of rudraksha. Fake rudraksha may or may not float in the water, the fake rudraksha which is made out of wood is float in water. But if supplier use lead in wood to craft the Rudraksha, It will also sink in water due to its heavy weight.
Some time the real rudraksha also float in the water, if the farmer pluck rudraksha before time so being little lighter it will also float on water.
So this is definitely not a correct way to testing of rudraksha.

Copper Coin Testing :-

If we take two copper coin and put the rudraksha between then it will rotate, But it is not because of rudraksha this is the phenomenon of copper. If you put the fake rudraksha it will also rotate.
Even you put any little round stone bteween the copper coin or copper plate it will rotate. So this is not a genuine test of rudraksha.

X-ray Testing :-

To identify the authenticity of rudraksha without harm or destroy it, the only way to find it out is x ray. A real rudraksha have equal number of compartments to mukhi on the surface . Every compartment has a seed, So if a rudraksha is 9 mukhi it have 9 compartments and 9 seeds.
But some time if rudraksha is not fully develop the seeds are very thin so its might be hard to clear capture all compartments,
Hence it advised to take X-ray test with experts.