Silver Malas

Silver Malas — 31 pieces in the VIZHEE Malas collection. Malas strung with silver beads or fitted with silver counters, chosen for a cooler, more formal look than seed or wood. Silver is regarded in Indian tradition as a pure, sattvic and cooling metal, historically associated with the moon. Silver-beaded or silver-fitted malas apply the same material valued in silver murtis and jewellery to the mala form. A silver mala is often chosen for its calm, sattvic associations and its durability as an everyday piece, rather than for the specific botanical associations that seed or wood malas carry. A garland of 108 beads (plus a 109th guru bead) strung for counting mantra repetitions in japa meditation.