Surprise! Surprise!! Sri Rangam Temple Diamond is in Russian Sceptre (Post No.7499)
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Post No.7499
Date uploaded in London – 26 January 2020
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There is an interesting story about a diamond named after a Russian noble man named Count G G Orlov. The story told by Ian Balfour is that it made its way from Sri Rangam Temple to Russia. Count Orlov presented it to Catherine the Great and she asked the Royal jeweller to fix it in the sceptre. It is now in Kremlin in Moscow.
The diamond has many names Moghul Diamond , Dariya-i- Noor, Orlov diamond and possibly Kohinoor diamond. Here is the interesting story as told by Ian Balfour in his book ‘Famous Diamonds’.
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