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Proof & Trust · Updated 22 Sep 2026

Lab tested rudraksha certificate: what it means at Vedic Shop

What the Lab Tested label on a Vedic Shop page actually covers, which products carry a report, what the laboratory checks, and what no report can tell you.

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Wooden desk with a pen on a blank notebook, a lamp and a rudraksha strand on linenGuide · 4 min read About the author: who writes and checks the Vedic Shop Journal

Aakanksha Bhagwatkar writes and checks the Vedic Shop Journal. Every article carries her byline because one person is...

Hand holding a single rudraksha bead over cream linen with a magnifying glass behindReal vs fake · 4 min read How to identify a real bead: four checks that actually work

Four checks tell you most of what you need about a bead: the surface under a hand lens, the weight and feel against i...

Piles of rudraksha, pyrite and karungali beads with a magnifying glass on cream clothReal vs fake · 4 min read Real vs fake spiritual products: the full checking series index

This is the index to every real versus fake guide in the Journal, one for each material we sell: rudraksha, pyrite, k...

Kraft paper parcel tied with twine next to a cloth pouch of rudraksha beadsGuide · 4 min read How rudraksha is sourced: from the supplier to your door

Rudraksha beads reach us from the two growing regions, the Himalayan belt of Nepal and the islands of Java in Indones...

Brass scale holding rudraksha beads beside a blank paper tag on cream linenPrice · 4 min read Why we put the price on every page and never promise results

Every Vedic Shop product page shows its price. We do not hide it behind a message, and we do not promise that any bea...

Row of rudraksha beads on cream linen beside a small brass scale and a blank cardReal vs fake · 5 min read Lab tested rudraksha certificate: what it means at Vedic Shop

Lab tested at Vedic Shop means that bead or bead lot went to an independent gem testing laboratory and came back with...

Brass magnifying glass over rudraksha beads on cream linen beside a blank notebookHow to · 4 min read How to read an IGL or X-ray rudraksha report, field by field

An IGL or X-ray rudraksha report is a one page laboratory document with five parts: the lab name and address, the rep...