I remember my Dadi Maa went to Kashi once when I was a kid in 5th standard. It’s been almost 28 years now, and when I ask her about one memory that she carries in her heart, she always remembers it by the train fare and standing in the queue for nearly two or so hours, not the date.
Similarly, my Dadaji narrates a story about his young age when he trekked up many a kilometre, and when he reached the Kedarnath Temple in Garhwal, Uttarakhand with his friends, it was a long-instilled memory he remembers from his young age. Many decades later, we planned to take him to a tirth that he wanted to fulfil the desire of his golden years. He said one thing, “Beta! Ab mujhse kahaan ho payenge bhagwaan ke darshan? Ab to sare tirth itne door lagte hain, ki agar mai tirth par nikla to mere praan fir wahi chhut jane hain.” When I heard it, I couldn’t stop myself from crying with the thought of how helpless our grandparents and elderly parents feel.
What you read above is the pain almost every one of us might have felt. The helplessness in fulfilling a desire of our elderly loved ones to undertake a tirth again. As we often lack time, resources, or it gets so delayed that they aren’t able to trek to pilgrimages like Char Dhams, Panch Kailashas, or their feet don’t allow them to stand in queues of Kashi Vishwanath and other Jyotirlingas of Mahadev, a Shaktipeeth and so on.
Just to tackle this situation, Rudraksha Raksha has presented the idea of putting a little essence of Tirth in a single, tiny amulet (pendant), beaded in a 108-bead original Panchmukhi Rudrakshas Mala. So our elderly dear ones don’t have to just miss their pilgrimage experiences as a memory, but they must have a sacred source of blessings with themselves, all the time, that keeps reminding them of how it felt at first to be there.
You might have a question: ‘How can a tirtha be touched through a Rudraksha Mala?’ The answer lies in the efforts to collect and resource the sacred soil from a tirth kshetra (pilgrimage region), bhasma that’s used in aartis at the temple’s idol, and holy sindoor from dedicated important temples across India.
The collection of Tirth Rudraksha Mala, to be precise, contains 108 beads of authentically sourced Panchmukhi Rudrakshas, along with which there’s strung an amulet that holds the holy bhasma (from Kashi Vishwanath’s official counter), sacred soils (from Panch Kailash, Dwadash Jyotirlingas, Krishna Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi, Char Dhams of Uttarakhand, and other prominent tirth regions), and sindoor (from Sankatmochan Hanuman Temple, Kashi).
Now comes the ‘Tirth Rudraksha Mala’ collection of Rudraksha Raksha that has everyone amazed with the hope of blessings from a pilgrimage site that remains in touch with their heart:
1.The Kailash Kripa Panchmukhi Rudraksha Mala, which holds an amulet containing the sacred soil of the Mount Kailash region (Tibet).
2.The Dwadash Bhumi Panchmukhi Rudraksha Mala, which has an amulet with sacred soils collected from all the 12 Jyotirlingas dedicated to Mahadev.
3.The Panch Kailash Bhumi Rudraksha Mala amulet that holds the faith of all five Kailashas of Shiv Ji, the soils sourced from Panch Kailash regions (Mount Kailash, Adi Kailash, Manimahesh Kailash, Shrikhand Kailash, Kinnaur Kailash).
4.The Hanumat Kavach Rudraksha Mala with an amulet filled with sindoor (vermillion) from the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir, Kashi, which is offered to Hanuman Ji.
5.The Chardham Bhumi Panchmukhi Rudraksha Mala comes with the holy soils sourced from Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath regions, which are all located in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.
6.The Kedar Bhumi Rudraksha Mala, that has an amulet containing soil from the Kedarnath Temple region, for a blissful closeness to Shiv Ji.
7.The Kashi Vishwanath Bhasma Rudraksha Mala has the bhasma of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Kashi, which is offered to Shiv Ji.
8.The Nepali Rudraksha Mala with Damru Rudraksha has an authentically sourced Damru Rudraksha that looks similar to Mahadev’s Damru.
Especially, the Tirth Rudraksha Mala collection stands with a firm belief ‘Apka Tirth, Apke Sath’. For the pilgrimage you miss undertaking again in your lifetime. For the belief in a tirth that you have been longing to be blessed by. And for your elderly loved ones who have held the urge to memorise their long-done tirth experiences. And yes, don’t forget to check out Rudraksha Raksha’s special Nepali Rudraksha beads ranging from 1 mukhi to 21 mukhi.
On this auspicious month of Sawan, upgrade your rudraksha mala with these Tirth Malas to keep your faith closer to your heart.
