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Final Voting Results 
SPECIAL SURVEY

Bangkok - April 15, 2002.  The Planetary Gemologists Association has completed an international survey on four of the most important aspects of Vedic Planetary (Jyotish) Gemology. These are: gem choosing methods, use of synthetics, use of semi-precious gems, and use of very flawed gems. Voting is by PGA Patrons & Members from all over the globe, including very senior and venerable personalities (listed below)...

Here are the initial results:

1. Use of synthetics (lab created) gems in Planetary Gemology ? (total 96 voters) 

10 voted YES or 11% use synthetic stones 
86 voted NO or 89% use only natural gems 



2. Use of natural Upa-ratna (secondary) gems in Planetary Gemology ? (total 97 voters) 

79 voted YES or 82% use natural semi-precious gems 
18 voted NO or 18% use only the 9 primary gems 



3. Use of very flawed gems in Planetary Gemology ? (total 93 voters) 

16 voted YES or 17% use very flawed stones 
77 voted NO or 83% use only fine gems 



4. Gem choosing methods, Anukul or Pratikul ?  (total 90 voters) 

76 voted for Anukul-graha gem choosing or 84% 
14 voted for Pratikul-graha gem choosing or only 16%



Below is the list of voters.

PGA PATRON & MEMBER VOTERS

Prof. Dr. Mangal Raj  Joshi
Smt. Gayatri Devi Vasudev
Pandit Vidyadhar Sukul Brahman
Prof. Dr. A. K. Bhattacharya
Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri, Padma Shri
Chakrapani Ullal
Prof. Dr. Usha Satyavrat Shastri 


Aniruddha Dutta
Anjali J.
Arnav  Medhi
Ayyam Perumal Kanaka Sabhapathi 
Benjawan Arparpardh
Bhaskaranand Lohani
Bill Kent
Chandra Prakash Shrivastava
Darshan Diljit Shah
Dennis Harness
Dr. Amar Aggarwal
Dr. Amar Gautam
Dr. Bobbi Anne White
Dr. Damodar Lalla
Dr. Khilanath  Bastakoty
Dr. Kursija S.C.
Dr. Mahha Dah Sheker Raajha
Dr. Neeraj Lalwani
Dr. Nilesh J. Chitalia
Dr. Nimai  Banerjee
Dr. Partap Chauhan
Dr. Randy Stein 
Dr. Sudhir Shah
Dr. Theja Hettiaratchi
Dr. Vikram Pratapsingh Bedi
Edith  Hathaway
G. Kumar 
Ganesh Nathan
Gary Gomes
Gregory  J. de Montfort
Hewa Kurumburage Jayatissa Dharmadasa
Hiranmoy Bhattacharyya
Howard Beckman
Jack Hauck
Jai Maharaj
Jawahar Mutha
Jay Boyle
Jayant Gopinath Kulkarni
Jennifer  Beckman
Joanne Greig
Jose Zaragoza Lopez
K.S.Thampan Kannanchara
Kanitha Brown
Manmohan Tikku
Meena Bhuwania
Nick Hodgson
Mihir Diljit Shah
Mony Singh
Nand Kishore Jhajharia
Nanda  A. Arambewela
Nikhil Lalit Parekh
Orawan Arkun
Pandit Parsai
Panditji Prakash Bharadwaj
Pandit Siddhanthi Nandiraju Purnaiah
Pemmaraju V.R. Rayudu
Raaj Shekhar Padmashri
Ramkrishna Dahake
Raj Kapoor
Rajashekar  S. Rao
Rajiv Verma
Ramamurthy M. Muniswamappa
Ramiah G. Krishnan
Ravindra K Chunodkar
Ravindrian K.K.
Rekha N. Parekh (Mrs.)
Richard S. Brown
R.L. Gupta
Robert Koch
Rodolfo Ciscato
Roeland de Looff
Roger Perry
S. Subba Rao
Sandeep Arora
S.G.V. Ramanam
Shambhu  Lal Daulatani
Sharan Prabhakher
Shikha Jhingran
Shyamasundara Dasa
Sofija  Jasna
Sourav Paul
Sri Swami Shyamananda
Stephen Quong 
Thiruchelvam S. Nadarajah
Tom Hopke
Umamaheshwar Subba Hegde
Vijay Bharti
Vimal Chopra 
Wendy Vasicek 

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