In the last 20 years, there have been rapid increase of number of naadi centres (places, where you can get a naadi reading) in India. The number has risen from the original 12 libraries founded by Valuvar community in 19. century to more than 1 000 places, where you can get a naadi reading today. In other words, naadi readings became very lucrative way to earn money, that is why you can sometimes encounter the label “industry” in a conversation about palm leaves libraries. Current situation is thus quite complicated to navigate through and it may be hard to find the right place for your own destiny reading. Some of the basic advices which may help you to find a high-quality library are:
- Reading must follow the standard procedure – palm leaf bunches are found only with help of a thumbprint. Good libraries will not ask you to state any other personal information like name, date of birth, address, job, occupation etc. - It usually takes some time to find the correct palm leaves bundles , which means, that it is quite suspicious if the bundles are found immediately. Some fraud libraries even have limited number of bunches, which they use for all their clients (for so called “fake naadi reading”).
- High-quality libraries possess long tradition, where the art of naadi reading passes from father to son for three or four generations, since 19. century.
- Skilled naadi readers come from the Valuvar community or other spiritual communities or else they were at least taught by the Valuvar community to the art of naadi readings in special schools called “Gurukul”.
- High-quality libraries have a good name, which is why the applicants must be patient and wait for their reading for several hours or even days.
- High-quality libraries do not set their prices according to social status, look, clothing, colour of skin or nationality.
- High-quality libraries possess appropriate infrastructure and they offer their refreshments for their clients.
