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Yellow sapphire is called ‘Pukhraj’ in Hindi also known as kanaka pushya raga, kanakapushyaragam and pushyaragam in India. It belongs to corundum species. Sapphire comes in all colors, like Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj), Blue Sapphire (Neelam), Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire etc. If color is not specified, Sapphire means Blue Sapphire. Red variety of corundum is given a special name – Ruby. So, all Color Sapphires including Ruby belongs to corundum species. Corundum also includes Star Sapphire, Star Ruby, Color Changing Sapphires & very desirable Pink-Orange Color Sapphire called ‘Padparadscha’