Wearing Navratna or gem stones are believed to change the luck of people. Those people who believe in horoscope and astrology wear Navratnas based on their birth star or Nakshatram. People wear these rare stones to fulfill desires, to stay away from the tactics of enemies and also to lead a peaceful life. Manik or Manickam (Manikyam) or Ruby is associated with Krittika, Uttara, Uttarashadha Nakshatras. These birth stars are also known as Kartika, Uttram and Uttradam. Manickam or Ruby is associated with Navgraha Surya. Wearing Ruby or Manik stone by people born in Nakshatra Krittika, Uttara and Uttarashadha is said to help in alleviating poverty, bringing peace and it also helps in keeping diseases away.

Shrawan Kumar, the young man who exhibited unparalleled parental devotion in the epic Ramayan by carrying his blind parents on his shoulders, is being imitated by Shiv Kumar Kesri in the modern day by carrying his old mother who is unable to walk on his shoulders on pilgrimage to important temples and sacred places in India . This school teacher from Dhanganwa in the Jehanabad district of Bihar carries his mother who is in her 80s on a Kanwar - a handmade bamboo carrier which rests on shoulders. While trekking, he carries his mother in front and keeps a large Shiva linga made of stone weighing as much as his mother in the back to balance the Kanwar. Kesari has already completed a journey to the Baidhyanathdham in Deoghar. He plans to visit Varanasi , Puri, Allahabad , Haridwar, Badrinath, Kedarnath and Vaishnodevi in the same way. India Today reports Kesri has resolved to take his mother Bedamia Devi to all the sacred pilgrim centres across the country to fulfil her last