
The Temple of the Tooth |
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Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden |
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The Sri Dalada Maligawa or The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a temple in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It was built within the royal palace complex which houses the only surviving relic of Buddha, a tooth, which is venerated by
Buddhists
. The relic has played an important role in the local politics since ancient times; it's believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country, which caused the ancient kings to protect it with great effort. Kandy was the capital of the Sinhalese kings |
Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located in close proximity to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for the collection the variety of Orchids, and has more than 300 varieties of Orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palms trees attach it is the National Herbarium. Total land mass of the botanical garden is 147 acres, 460 Meters above sea level with a 200 day annual rain fall, it is managed by the Division of National Botanic Gardens of the Department of Agriculture. |
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Temple Lankathilaka |
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Built by King Parakrambahu, and later restored by Vijayabahu IV, this dramatic brick building was once five story's high and embellished with flowers, creepers, animals, birds and statues of gods. The two gigantic columns at the entrance, now broken to a highest of 58 ft., must originally have been at least double that height. The cathedral-like aisle leads to a standing Buddha statue, now headless, which was 41 ft., tall. In front of the Lankathilaka is a pillared ‘Mandapaya' with 40 stone chaste-ornamented pillars. |
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Embekka Devalaya |
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Temple Gadaladeniya |
Embekka Devalaya (Embekka Temple) was built by the King Vikramabahu III of Gampola Era (A.D. 1357 - 1374) in Sri Lanka. The specialty in this Devalaya is, it was completely wooden built and vary famous for its Wood Carvings and its unique Wood Work. |
Built almost exclusively of stone in 1344 by the Gampola, King Wickramabahu, situated on a hilltop, commanding views of the surrounding countryside. The architecture is Dravidian. The entrance porch features large stone pillars, which support a roof of huge stone slabs. Within the vihara, an ancient stone and plaster Buddha image looks down upon milk rice pots that have collected food offerings for centuries. The 638-year-Old jack wood doors still exhibit their original paintings. |