Kandy
Kandy, at 500 metres in the Hill Country. Now a bustling city, Kandy still remains a sanctuary for traditional Sinhalese culture, with a number of important heritage sites in and around the city.
tour with Iranga.(The Traveller)
tour with Iranga.(The Traveller)
Kandy is the last Royal capital in Sri Lanka, surround by mountain. And it is major tourist destination, and at 465 meters above sea level. Kandy is world famous city because of temple of the “tooth Relic”…
Tooth relic temple is located in Royal palace complex. The relic has played an important role in local politics, because it is belived that who ever holds the relic, holds the rule of the country. there for each ruler try to keep the tooth relic in very safe way. When the capital shifting “Tooth relic” also shift with them. King “Wimala suriya 1” originaly built (1592) a two storied temple for the relic, after king “Wimala Dharma Suriya 2” built a three storied temple and his son king “Viraparakrama Narendra sinha” the last Sinhala king build a new two storied temple, that the older temple built by his father has decayed. The last king of Sri Lanka “Sri Wickramarajasinha” built the Octagon.
Kandy Royal Botanical garden was started during the gampola period in 1371 AD, and it was used as a pleasure garden only by the Royal families. During the British period Mr. “Alexander moon” opened it for public in 1821. Also used as research plantation center…