Authentic Rudraksha
We grow these
Rudraksha beads.
Then we X-ray
every one.
Nepal Rudraksha Dana is our family farm in the Arun Valley, Nepal: we grow, collect and sell every bead ourselves, so no middleman’s margin is in the price.
- Mukhi types catalogued
- 33
- Growth altitude
- 600–1,400 m
Start here
Find your bead
Most people start with a 5 Mukhi. If you came for something specific, choose from our complete range below.
Not sure? Choose by what it is worn forBrowse every beadHow it works
- 1Choose a bead
- 2We X-ray and measure it
- 3Ships with its record
Arun Valley · Sankhuwasabha district · eastern Nepal
Photographs: stand-ins while our own shoot is arranged. Credits
Where most people start
Most Asked For
The four people ask for by name, with what tradition associates them with.
7 MukhiPhotograph coming soon
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Gauri ShankarPhotograph coming soon
Arun Valley,
Sankhuwasabha
Nepal
Our origin
Every Rudraksha shop
buys from a wholesaler. We climb the tree.
Our family farms Rudraksha in the Arun Valley in Sankhuwasabha district, eastern Nepal. We pick the fruit, we soak and clean the seed, we sort every bead by hand, and we X-ray each one before it is listed.
- Valley
- Arun, Sankhuwasabha
- Mukhi catalogued
- 33 types
- Size range
- 12–60 mm
- Ships to
- 160+ countries
Valley
Mukhi catalogued
Size range
Ships toThe test that settles it
Lines can be carved.
Chambers cannot.
A Rudraksha grows with as many internal chambers as it has lines on its surface. Carving extra lines onto a cheap bead takes a minute. Growing extra chambers takes a different tree. So we X-ray every bead and publish the image on its page.
- Grown in NepalOur own trees in the Arun Valley.
- X-rayedCounted against the lines.
- No carved linesA mismatch never ships.
If you do not know the number
Start From What You Want It For
Most people arrive knowing what they are dealing with, not which mukhi count answers it.
Anxiety and Calm
Beads worn traditionally by those seeking steadiness and relief from restlessness.
5 beadsFocus and Study
Traditionally associated with concentration, learning and examinations.
3 beadsWealth and Prosperity
Traditionally worn in pursuit of abundance and financial stability.
5 beadsProtection
Traditionally worn as a protective bead against negative influence.
6 beadsRelationships and Marriage
Traditionally associated with partnership, harmony and family life.
5 beadsSpiritual Practice
Beads traditionally used in meditation, japa and sadhana.
4 beads
Five steps, one pair of hands
From the tree to your hands
Every other Rudraksha shop starts at step four, buying beads someone else picked, cleaned and sorted. Here is the whole of it, in order.
- Step 1
Picked on our own slopes
Our family and neighbours from the villages around the orchard gather fallen fruit and ripe fruit picked from the tree, October to December.
- Step 2
Soaked and cleaned by hand
In water for as long as the fruit needs (none for fully ripe fruit, up to several days for less ripe fruit) until the flesh lifts away. Machine cleaning is faster and rounds off the thorny ridges that make a Nepali bead worth having.
Photograph coming soon - Step 3
Dried in sun and shade
We use more than one drying method, in the sun and in shade, and never dry a bead too hard or too fast: that is what puts the hairline cracks into cheap beads, and it cannot be undone afterwards.
- Step 4
Sorted, then measured
By face count first, then by diameter in millimetres, then by surface condition. Grades are our own, and the millimetre band is printed beside every one.
Photograph coming soon - Step 5
X-rayed before it is listed
The chamber count is confirmed against the lines on the surface, and anything that disagrees is rejected rather than graded down. The image goes on the bead’s own page.
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We hold no external accreditation and we do not claim one. The X-ray, the measurements and the lifetime authenticity guarantee are ours, which is why we publish exactly how each is done.
Grown with careDelivered with Trust
The nursery
We sell the tree as well as the bead
Seed off our own trees, raised in our own beds: seed-grown saplings and grafted stock for anyone planting rather than wearing. A living plant travels on a plant health certificate rather than in a padded envelope, so it is quoted per consignment and the first question is always which country it is going to.
Seed-Grown & Grafted
Raised from our own trees with care and expertise.
Plant Health Certified
Every plant travels with a valid plant health certificate.
Nepal and India
Plants currently go within Nepal and to India, quoted per consignment.
From the Knowledge Centre
If you are not sure where to start
What is Rudraksha? A complete guide to the bead
The bead, the tree, the face counts and the prices — everything in one place, before you go deeper into any one of them.
Read the guideBefore you spend anything
Questions we answer every week
The eight that arrive most often, answered the way we would answer them in an email.
What does farm-direct actually mean here?
That the people who grew the bead are the people selling it. Our family farms Rudraksha in the Arun Valley in Sankhuwasabha district, eastern Nepal: we pick the fruit, clean the seed, sort every bead by hand and X-ray each one before it is listed. Nobody buys it in between, which is why every bead page can name the harvest season it came from, the village it was collected in and the date it was sorted. It is also why our prices are lower: on most sites a bead has passed through a collector, a wholesaler and a retailer, each adding a margin. We are the grower, the nursery and the collector, so none of those margins are in ours.
Which mukhi should I start with?
The 5 Mukhi, for almost everyone. It is the face count the trees drop most of, so it is the one bead you can buy well without spending a great deal, and it is what a mala is traditionally strung from. The rare faces are worth owning once you can read a bead yourself; they are an expensive way to find out you cannot.
Is a Nepali bead really different from an Indonesian one?
Yes, and the difference is physical rather than spiritual. Nepali beads run larger and their mukhi lines are deeper and more clearly cut, which is what the higher price is paying for. Ours are Nepali because they come off our own trees — and a seller who cannot tell you which valley a bead grew in cannot tell you which of the two you are being sold.
How do I know the bead I receive is genuine?
Every bead is X-rayed before it is listed and the scan is published on its page, so you can count the internal chambers against the lines on the surface before you spend anything. Its measurements are recorded against its lot number, and if a bead we sold is ever shown not to be what we said it was, we refund it in full with no time limit.
What decides the price of a Rudraksha?
Three things, in this order: how rare that mukhi is, the diameter of the bead in millimetres, and how clean and symmetrical its surface is. Size is the one most people underestimate — the same mukhi a few millimetres wider costs several times more, because the tree produces far fewer of them. While we confirm our price list, every bead is priced on request: tell us the bead and the size, and we quote it with its X-ray. There is no online checkout: you order through our contact form, by email or on WhatsApp.
Do you ship worldwide, and who pays the customs duty?
We post from Sankhuwasabha to more than 160 countries, tracked end to end. Where your country charges duty or import tax it is payable by you on arrival and is not included in the price — that is a rule of your border rather than a fee of ours, and we would rather say so here than surprise you at the door. The one exception is a UK parcel worth £135 or less: we are registered for UK VAT and charge it when you pay.
How do I wear and look after one?
Tradition has more to say about the wearing than we do, and the guide sets out what is actually practised rather than what sells beads. The care is simple and not traditional at all: keep it out of soap, shampoo and chlorinated water, let it dry after it gets wet, and work a drop of mustard or sesame oil into it once or twice a year. Kept that way a bead lasts decades.
Can I buy a Rudraksha tree instead of a bead?
Yes. We raise seed-grown and grafted saplings at the nursery on the same farm. Whether one can reach you is a question about your border rather than our stock: a living plant travels on a phytosanitary certificate and, in most countries, an import permit you arrange at your end first. Tell us where you are and we will say plainly whether it can be done.
If yours is not here, send it. We would rather talk you out of the wrong bead than sell you one.