Namu Baru provides top quality prayer beads with both common and unique, harder to find malas made of rarer woods and a variety of styles and sizes, many of which can’t be found from any other supplier.

Namu Baru was founded by Chris Overholt, who was drawn to Nepali and Indian malas, Korean cedar prayer beads, ceramics, and traditional art during his work and travels in Nepal, India, and Korea from 1996-1998. He noticed that these countries had a much wider selection of prayer beads than in the US and sought to change this by creating a company with the largest variety of prayer beads available in one place.