These priceless gems belong to retired lawyer G Vidyaraj, a direct descendant of the great Vijayanagar Empire of Hampi in Karnataka. And he claims that the gems are a part of the great royal heirloom.

The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princes built Dravidian temples and palaces which won the admiration of ...