There is a plethora of gold investment options available in the Indian market; for instance, the investor can opt for physical gold bars, gold biscuits, gold coins, sovereign gold bonds, gold equity funds, gold ETFs, gold FOFs or gold mining shares. All the instruments mentioned above are the best gold investment options because they provide similar facilities as physical gold, and you can be assured that your invested fund is safe. To invest in gold in India, the investors are mandatorily required to have DEMAT (dematerialized) account.