Rajaratna Ruby

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At 2,475 carats (495 g), the Rajaratna Ruby is the world's largest ruby. The Rajaratna Ruby is also the world's largest star ruby with its 6 point asterism. In Sanskrit, "Rajaratna" literally means King's Jewel. Raja (King) + Ratna (Jewel). The ruby belongs to a Mr. G Vidyaraj and is reported to be in Bangalore, India.it was given in a box along with 4 other gems centuries back to the ancestors of vidyaraj family and asked them to never open the box during the ransack of vijayanagar empire.it was safely protected in the box by the vidyaraj family members for hundreds of years,until one day vidyaraj opened it and saw the gems.it is believed that he found 4 gems in the box and all are wonderful and very rare of their kind . they were adorned in the crown of EMPEROR SRIKRISHNADEVARAYALU.the gems achieved overnight craze when they were first exibited in europe.since then vidyaraj is trying to sell them but he could not find a person who can buy them.