Types of Rudraksha: 26 Types of Rudraksha and Their Benefits

Rudraksha is one of the auspicious beads in Hinduism. Rudraksha is a dried seed from the Elaeocarpus Ganitrus tree. There are many different types of rudraksha available and all have beneficial properties. Rudraksha is associated with the Lord Shiva and this rudraksha are the tears of Lord Shiva. The word Rudraksha combines Rudra (Shiva) and Aksha (Tears). There are 26 types of rudraksha, every rudraksha has its properties and importance. 

All Types of Rudraksha and Their Properties:

1 Mukhi Rudraksha:

1 Mukhi Rudraksha is one of the rarest rudrakshas and is ruled by the Lord Shiva. Wearing rudraksha is useful for getting moksha. This is the first rudraksha among all types of rudraksha. This is the best rudraksha for the zodiac Leo, Cancer, and Aries. These types of rudraksha increase confidence, fame, or productivity in yourself, and improve your leadership quality this can be an effective rudraksha.

• Ruling God – Shiva 
• Ruling Planet – All 
• Beeja Mantra – Om Namah Shivaye

2 Mukhi Rudraksha:

2 Mukhi Rudraksha is the combination of muscular and feminine energy, as it represents Shiva and shakti. These combined types of rudraksha with the two faces are known as 2 mukhi rudraksha. This Rudraksha is beneficial for handling mood swings, confusion and decision-making problem. Also, these types of rudraksha improve the relationship and increase coordination and love.

• Ruling God: Ardhanareshwar
• Ruling Planet: Moon
• Beeja Mantra: || Om Namah ||

3 Mukhi Rudraksha:

The third Mukhi Rudraksha is the symbol of three lords i.e. Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh. This Rudraksha is beneficial for bringing clarity to thoughts. It destroys past bad karma or deeds also it removes the negativity and evilness inside yourself. These types of rudraksha increase the concentration in study and are known to be more auspicious for the students.

• Ruling God: Agni
• Ruling Planet: Sun
• Beeja Mantra: || Om Kleem Namah ||

4 Mukhi Rudraksha:

These four faces rudraksha are associated with the four Vedas. represents knowledge, power, and wisdom.  For the good communication skills, intelligence, and creativity. This Rudraksha also frees its wearer from evil eyes, negativity and stress. These types of rudraksha protect you from recurring health diseases and are useful for mental balance.

• Ruling God: Brihaspati
• Ruling Planet: Jupiter
• Beeja Mantra: || Om Hreem Namah ||

5 Mukhi Rudraksha:

5 Mukhi Rudraksha is the most preferable and best rudraksha for everyone. It gives all the benefits and brings more peace in life. This is the basic and master of rudraksha that is beneficial for giving you all the benefits. Wearing it promotes good health, and emotional balance and increases interest in working desperately. This rudraksha absorbs the hurdles and stress of the person. Anyone can wear these types of rudraksha.

• Ruling God: Rudra Kalagni
• Ruling Planet: Jupiter
• Beeja Mantra: || Om Hreem Namah ||

6 Mukhi Rudraksha:

6 Mukhi Rudraksha is beneficial for increasing willpower and decreasing aggression, and anxiety. Wearing this rudraksha strengthens the relationship of its wearer with lord Kartikeya. This types of rudraksha increases confidence & gives victory in name & fame and cures all types of health diseases including throat and face infections.

• Ruling God – Kartikeya 
• Ruling Planet – Mars 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Hoom Namah ||

7 Mukhi Rudraksha:

This seven-mukhi rudraksha bead is good for health and wealth. It improves financial status and attracts luck. This Rudraksha is good for financial stability, power, money, and authority. These types of rudraksha is the best rudraksha for money, 7 mukhi rudraksha gives relief in Saturn 7.5, Dhaiya or Mahadasha.

• Ruling God – Laxmi 
• Ruling Planet – Venus 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hoom Namah ||

8 Mukhi Rudraksha:

Eight mukhi rudrakshas are very popular rudraksha, this type of rudraksha is worn to remove all the hurdles obstacles, and problems in life. If anyone feels that they face too many problems while performing anything then 8 Mukhi Rudraksha is made for you.

• Ruling God – Ganesh 
• Ruling Planet – Ketu 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hoom Namah ||

9 Mukhi Rudraksha:

Nine mukhi rudraksha protects the wearer against negative energies and black magic. It also removes fear and makes its wearer fearless. This Rudraksha is responsible for removing the negativity. Wearing a 9 mukhi rudraksha controls anger, removing toxicity and guilt. Also, it promotes detachments.

• Ruling God – Durga 
• Ruling Planet – Rahu 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Hoom Namah ||

10 Mukhi Rudraksha:

10 mukhi rudraksha bead symbolises eternal peace. This Rudraksha is beneficial for court cases, land deals, debts, and losses. You can use this rudraksha as a remedy for vastu dosha, insomnia and mental peace. It fulfils all the wishes and desires and removes the delay of marriage problems.

• Ruling God – Krishna 
• Ruling Planet – All 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Namah Namah ||

11 Mukhi Rudraksha:

The 11-face rudraksha bead has the same power as 1000 Ashavamedh Yajna and 100 Vajpaye Yajna when worn. This Rudraksha is known for the prevention of black magic, evil eye, negativity or negative entities. It is also beneficial for improving focus, memory and intellectual power. On the other hand, it controls anger, increases confidence, removes frustration and improves decision-making power.

• Ruling God – 11 Rudras 
• Ruling Planet – All 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Hoom Namah ||

12 Mukhi Rudraksha:

12 face rudraksha variety of other types of rudraksha is beneficial for enhancing leadership quality, brilliance, power, and radiance. Wearing a 12 mukhi rudraksha brings fame, leadership quality, authority and power. It controls the senses of the wearer. It is an energetic bead that improves patience and helps to handle all situations and problems. Wearing this rudraksha brings name, fame and power.

• Ruling God – Sun 
• Ruling Planet – Sun 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Kraum Ksaum Raum Namah ||

13 Mukhi Rudraksha:

Thirteen Mukhi Rudraksha is for attraction. Additionally, it activates several Siddhis and raises Kundalini energy. This variety of rudraksha increases the attraction and art, creativity. It strengthens your aura and creates a powerful strong and attractive personality. Wearing this rudraksha improves relations with spouses, brings love into married life, attracts wealth and money.

• Ruling God – Kamadeva 
• Ruling Planet – Venus 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Namah ||

14 Mukhi Rudraksha:

14 Mukhi rudraksha is one of the most powerful rudrakshas, as it makes the wearer strong and fearless and gives power, strength, and knowledge. This Rudraksha is best for high intuition or spiritual awakening, and attaining moksha. Wearing a fourteen mukhi rudraksha can be good for controlling the life and problems.

• Ruling God – Hanuman 
• Ruling Planet – Mars 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Namah ||

15 Mukhi Rudraksha:

15 Mukhi Rudraksha is good for uplifting your heart chakra. It activates your chakra and attracts positive thoughts and positive feelings. This rudraksha opens creativity and promotes a good flow of thoughts in the mind. Also, this rudraksha promotes a healthy relationship and increases coordination and unconditional love.

• Ruling God – Lord Pashupatinath 
• Ruling Planet – Mercury 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Namah ||

16 Mukhi Rudraksha:

16 Mukhi rudraksha is also known as “Jai Rudraksha” as it gives all types of benefits. This Rudraksha is for insecurity, the person who is always insecure about their fame, family, and luxury. This variety of different types of rudraksha is beneficial for all. This Rudraksha brings improvement and concentration during meditation, aligns chakras, and supports the spiritual journey.

• Ruling God – Mahamrityunjaya Shiva 
• Ruling Planet – Moon 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Hoom Namah ||

17 Mukhi Rudraksha:

The person who wears this rudraksha gets the benefits of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha. Among all the types of rudraksha, this is one of the most expensive beads. It enhances the leadership skills, creativity and spiritual power. Seven mukhi rudraksha help them manifest their desires also for getting a good life partner and improving their married life.

• Ruling God – Katyayani Devi 
• Ruling Planet – Saturn 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Hoom Namah ||

18 Mukhi Rudraksha:

18 Mukhi Rudraksha is the best rudraksha for prosperity. This Rudraksha brings money, and prosperity and helps to get successful easily. This rudraksha provides stamina, patience and tolerance. Also, this rudraksha is more beneficial for entrepreneurship and businesses for bringing more benefits and growth and attracting more customers.

• Ruling God – Bhumi Devi 
• Ruling Planet – Earth 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hreem Shreem Vasudhaye Swaha ||

19 Mukhi Rudraksha:

This rare rudraksha is good for getting everything in your life. It attracts abundance, love, wealth, luck, and many more. It removes all the hurdles and obstacles that are stopping you from achieving your goals. It strengthens the divine and spiritual connection and also helps to enlightenment and liberation.

• Ruling God – Lord Narayana 
• Ruling Planet – Mercury 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Vam Vishnave Sheershayane Swaha ||

20 Mukhi Rudraksha:

This rare rudraksha is good for activating yourself with humans and nature. Wearing this rudraksha helps you to increase knowledge, immense power, and wealth and fulfil all your desires. This Rudraksha gives the blessing of creativity, fortune and good luck. The therapeutic benefit that twenty mukhi rudraksha gives is it cures arthritis.

• Ruling God – Brahma 
• Ruling Planet – Earth 
• Beeja Mantra – || Rudrarupaye Kalpante Namastubhyam Trimurtaye ||

21 Mukhi Rudraksha:

21 Mukhi Rudraksha is the most powerful. Among all types of rudraksha, this bead is rare and very expensive. It is believed that this rudraksha gives all benefits including confidence, prosperity, good luck, reduced anxiety, and obstacles, and attracts name, fame, money wealth everything that’s why it is known as the most powerful rudraksha.

• Ruling God – Kubera 
• Ruling Planet – Earth 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Yakshaya Kuberaya Vaishravanaya, Dhan Dhanyadhipataye, Dhan Dhanya Srimdhim mein Dapya Dapya Swaha ||

Gauri Shankar Rudraksha:

Gauri Shankar Rudraksha is the combination of two rudrakshas that combined naturally and each rudraksha represents Gauri ji and Shankar ji. This Rudraksha is more beneficial for the married couple, as it increases love, understanding, communication, and overall relationship. 

• Ruling God – Shiva & Parvati 
• Ruling Planet – Venus 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Shree Gauri Shankaraya Namah ||

Ganesh Rudraksha:

This Rudraksha is known as Ganesh Rudraksha because it has a trunk on its surface and looks like the face of Ganesha ji. This Rudraksha gives blessing to face challenges and removes the overcoming obstacles. Among all Other types of rudraksha, this is beneficial for removing hurdles and obstacles. 

• Ruling God – Ganesh 
• Ruling Planet – Ketu 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hoom Namah ||

Garb Gauri Rudraksha:

This bead represents Goddess Parvati with Ganesha. These beads of rudraksha are good for strengthening the relationship between parent and child. This Rudraksha is recommended for conceiving a baby easily. It blesses its wearer with success, love, and luck. 

• Ruling God – Parvati & Ganesh 
• Ruling Planet – Venus 
• Beeja Mantra – || OM SHREE GAURI GANESHAYE NAMAH ||

Trijuti Rudraksha:

Trijuti Rudraksha has three Rudraksha attached. It represents, Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh. This Rudraksha is highly preferable for leaders and high profile. Trijuti rudraksha is the rarest rudraksha of all types of rudraksha.

• Ruling God – Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva 
• Ruling Planet – All 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Hoom Namah ||

Savar Naag:

This savar naag rudraksha has one rudraksha bead and one mukhi bead attached naturally. It gives harmony and prosperity to its wearer. Also, it increases coordination in the family reduces fights, and balances chakra and energies.

• Ruling God – Lord Shiva 
• Ruling Planet – Venus 
• Beeja Mantra – || Om Namah Shivaye ||