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KYOTO—Kanbe Juzu Ten, a long-established manufacturer and wholesaler of Buddhist prayer beads in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, has begun offering “genderless beads” that can be used by both men and women. At ...

A Tulsi mala is also used as a jaap mala for chanting mantras. As the rosary has 108 beads, plus a ‘guru’ bead, it becomes a connection to the divine, and the sacred number of 108 has several ...

At a 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain, researchers found what is likely the largest known collection of beads ever discovered at a burial site Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Researchers estimate the ...

However, mala beads are separated from the rest as a vital symbol of mindfulness and spiritual connection. It is used in Hindu and Buddhist practices, mala beads have made a name worldwide as a ...

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Also called evil eye beads – they are blue in color. This is a bead made of dried berries, used in the Indian subcontinent as a prayer bead. It is used to make prayer necklaces and is considered holy.