About Rudraksha (रुद्राक्ष परिचय): According to the scripture, Lord Shiva had told about the evolution of Rudraksha (About Rudraksha) to Shanmukh that once a monster named Tripur became too chivalric. He started insulting Brahma, Vishnu and many other gods. Then all the gods told Shiva to kill Tripur. For this purpose he thought of Aghor weapons and hence he closed his for thousand years. The tear drops fell into the earth and formed Rudraksh tree.

फलस्य दर्शने पुण्यं स्पर्शात्कोटिगुणं भवेत्,
शतकोटी गुणं पुण्यं धारणाल्लभते नर: ।
लक्षकोटि सहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च,
जपाच्च लभते नित्यं नात्र कार्य विचारण ।

Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) is a medium sized tree, which is found in the foothills of Himalaya, Nepal and Bhutan. The leaves of this tree are small and of round shape. The seeds of this tree are called Rudraksh (About Rudraksha). In different regional languages it is called in different names. In Hindi it is called Rudraksh (About Rudraksha), in Bengal it is Rudravya, in Marathi and Guajarati it is called Rudraksh, in Tamil it is called Akkam, in Telugu it is Rudrachallu, in Assamese it is Rudrai, Ludrak, Udrok, in Sanskrit it is Rudraksh, Shivaksh, Sarvaksh, Bhootnashan, Neelkanthaksh, Haraksh and Shivapriya and in English it is called Altra Sum Beed.

Which Rudraksha to hold:

• Politicians should hold thirteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) for success.People involved in the judicial process must wear one or thirteen faced Rudraksh by putting silver beads in the both sides.Lawyers holding four and thirteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) can benefit them.
• Bank Managers should wear eleven faced and thirteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• C.A. should wear eight and twelve faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Police Officers should wear nine and thirteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Doctors and medical practitioners must wear nine faced and eleven faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Surgeons should retain ten, twelve and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• The persons concerned with medical terms should hold three and four faced Rudraksh.
• Mechanical Engineers should hold ten and eleven faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Civil Engineers must wear eight and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• Electrical Engineers should wear seven and eleven faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Computer software Engineers should hold fourteen faced and Gauri Shankar Rudraksh.
• Computer Hardware Engineers can wear nine and twelve faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Pilot, Air Force Officers must wear ten and eleven faced Rudraksh.
• Teachers should wear six faced and fourteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Contractors can hold eleven, thirteen and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• Property Dealers should wear one, ten and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• Shopkeeper can wear ten, thirteen and fourteen faced Rudraksh (About Rudraksha).
• Industrialists must wear twelve and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• Hotel owner should hold one, ten and fourteen faced Rudraksh.
• Students and for the education the children should wear Ganesha Rudraksh. The child will grow up with high qualifications. Always retain it in auspicious time.

Method for Retention:

• Persons from any caste can hold the Rudraksh (About Rudraksha), but the Brahmins should chant the spells to hold it. For others, they can hold directly.
• While holding, one should chant the spell ‘Om Nama Shivaya’ and put punctum of ashes on the forehead.
• Without having bath, giving bounty, chanting, worshipping the god, performing atonement, performing Last rites and initiation if anybody holds it, it will be useless.
• The retention should not be under profanity. It should be retained with devotion.
• The Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) should be retained by making the beads to a garland by gold or silver strings.
• The male person should retain the Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) in cross threads, in arms, throat or neck or on the belly.
• The persons, who are devotee to Lord Shiva, should assume this on arm. The odd numbered beads give more influence and told to be the best.
• If the Rudraksha (About Rudraksha) is framed in a gold ring, this will bring fortune to him.
• The person who holds it on head and take bath, it will be as pious as taking bath into the river Ganges.
• The person who holds the Rudraksha, can be turned rich as a king.
• If retained, within 40 days the required result comes out but one should have tremendous faith on him.
• By sitting on a deer skin, facing towards east, if Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) is retained, an unpredictable result and favourable result comes in.
• By visiting Rudraksha, gives virtues, by touching it gives billion of times virtue. And if it is spelt, it gives crore of times virtue.
• Phalasya darshane punyan sparshotkotigunam bhavet,
• Shatkoti gunan punyan dharanna Labhate Nara
• Lakshyakoti sahasrani lakshyakotishatani cha,
• Japachch Labhate nityam natra karya vicharana.
• To please Lord Shiva Rudraksh bead is said to be is the best.
• During death, which holds the Rudraksh (About Rudraksha), he definitely goes to Shiva territory.
• According to Shiva Purana if one holds the Rudraksh (About Rudraksha) on head, he can be benefited thousands of times, if holds in ears, it is ten crore times,  on arm 14 times and in wrist it gives salvation.
• According to the scripture, the person who holds 16 in arms, one in the pigsty tail, on hands 12, on throat 32, on head 40, on each ear one each, on the chest 6 and in this way who holds 108 Rudraksh (About Rudraksha), he achieves a divine power like Rudra.
• The Rudraksha (About Rudraksha) of jujube size is medium, of gram size is inferior, and gooseberry size is said to be considered to be the best one.
• There are four types of Rudraksha found. The white are for Brahmins, red is for Kshatriya, yellow is for vaishiya and the black one is for the Shudra as stated in the scripture.
• The Rudraksha (About Rudraksha) which is solid, oily and thick is considered as the best one. Contrary to this, the pestilence infested, without thorns, and cracked during the making hole is harmful to hold.
• If the best Rudraksha is rubbed on a touchstone, it will give a mark like the gold gives.