The festival of Dhanteras is celebrated two days before Diwali. This time the festival of Dhanteras will be celebrated across the country on Saturday, 22 October. Dharteras has great importance in Hinduism. Buying gold, silver, and utensils (Gold, Silver, and Utensils) on the day of Dhanteras is considered very auspicious.
This is the reason why there is a huge crowd at the jewelry and utensils shops on the day of Dhanteras and on this day people buy gold, silver, and utensils with great enthusiasm. If you are also going to buy gold coins or gold jewelry on the day of Dhanteras, then do not forget to check it at all. In fact, many shopkeepers sell fake or adulterated gold to people taking advantage of the overcrowding caused by the festival. BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) has shared some such tips, by which you can very easily identify real and fake gold.
3 Marks Are Made To Identify Real And Fake Gold
As we all know that there is a huge crowd at the jewelry shops on the day of Dhanteras. So never be in a hurry while buying gold. If you have any doubt about the purity of gold, then do not buy that gold. Real and fake gold can be distinguished by 3 different marks. The government has made it mandatory to print these three marks on all products made from gold. If you do not see any one of these three things on any gold item, then do not buy that gold. Let us know what is printed on gold items to identify gold.
How To Identify Real And Fake Gold
Hallmark is the first of the three marks to identify genuine gold. After this, the carat of gold and its purity is written as a second mark, such as 22K916. There are 22 carats of gold here and its purity is 916. And a 6-digit alphanumeric HUID code is written as the third symbol, in which numbers like 123 are mixed with ABCD. If you do not find these three things together in any gold product, then do not buy such a product at all. Let us tell you that there is hallmarking on gold of 14, 18, 20, 22, 23, and 24 carats.
