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Neem Mala Beads
These Mala Beads come to us from Brindavan, India, where they have been hand crafted from local materials, and serve as an intrinsic part of the culture. Walking on the streets of Brindavan, you will see strings of Malas in hands, used to count repetitions of one-hundred-and-eight mantras, worn around the neck to remind the wearer of his or her inherent holy nature, and hung on statues of deities and on the corners of framed pictures of gurus and saints. Each string of Malas contains 108 beads, a number which holds manifold numerological and mythological significance within the Hindu tradition, as for Hindus, it stands as the number most connected to human life.
Our Neem Mala beads are carved from the wood of the Neem tree, a large evergreen native to India. Neem is so replete in its medicinal properties that Indians commonly refer to it as the ‘local pharmacy.’ It is said to hold the cure forty different illnesses, and that by wearing the Neem malas, all of its healing properties will be transferred to the wearer. By traditional Ayurvedic medicine, wearing Neem is said to calm Pitta types; which is to say fiery, hot personality types. Neem beads are preferable for chanting japa, or mantra, and these particular beads are carved to be large and chunky to train the mind to stay focused on each prayer as you would each moment as these uniquely shaped beads pass through your hand.
Each string of these hand-crafted beads is 60' in diameter and contains 108 genuine Indian Neem beads.
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