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Kandy View Point
20m
Best place to see all Kandy city area
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Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
1h · Admission ticket not included
More secret a place for the Buddhist as buddha tooth relic deposited in Golden colour pagoda
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Royal Botanical Gardens
2h · Admission ticket not included
it is more popular for many kinds of flowers and trees
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Hanthana Mountain Range
1h
Tea plantations
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Kandy Lake
1h
Walking around the lake
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Lankatilaka Temple
30m · Admission ticket not included
The lankatilaka veharaya is considered to be one of the best examples of traditional Sinhalese temple architecture in 14th century it has built by king Buwenekaba IV in Gampola era.
Built on the rock the temple is reached by a long series of rock-cut steps an arched passage of image house leads through a mandapa (hall) in to the inner sanctum which is richly decorated with beautiful floral designs the two side walls and the ceiling are decorated with paintings doors of wood and bright frescos with sited image of the Buddha.
Lankatilaka veharaya especially offering to honor lord Buddha and secondly holy Hindu gods by senadilankara minister of king Buvenakabahu IV many of evidence clarified as there was a monastery before establishing a temple.
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Temple of the Gadaladenia
30m · Admission ticket not included
In 1344 king Buwenakabahu iv was built Gadaladeniya temple with an ancient monastery on the flat rock Didggela pilimhalawa in kandy.
That temple is named Damakrithi veharaya as which is the name of who found it
Four standing images of Buddha and statue of lord Buddha under makara thorana . The makara tohrana is made beautiful with paintings of Gods like Brahama .Natha Maithree,Suyama ,and santusha, and two attendance in the main shrine room and the temple is designed in a south Indian style.
Vishnu devale or shrine to make holy is placed very close to the shrine in Gadaladeniya temple .there is a stupa made on a rock it known vejayanthi prasadaya it has a roof constructed over it around the main stupa there are small shrine rooms which house four smaller stupas it supposedly built by king parakkramabahu V
The chief architect of this temple south Indian nationalist called Ganaesvarachari as this temple is related to south Indian design their original painting still exhibit on 638 year old jack wood doors. Also Gadaladeniya temple image room has had damage by the Portuguese
Upulvan Deiyo (God Vishnu) hold a special place among sri Lankans the guardian to protect the Buddhism and land of sri lanka
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Embekka Devalaya
30m · Admission ticket not included
In the Digge (Dancing hall)are to be found sculptured in the middle panels of the wooden pillars and on the Beams conventional Sinhalese designs of the swan the double headed Eagle .the women growing out of the vine Bacchanalian figures in characteristic pose
Wrestling pair dancers and soldiers’ men and women influent and graceful movement and these unique carvings display the skills of the ancient masters and bear testimony to the craftsmanship of the school of wood sculptors of the period.
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1h
Experienced about Sri Lanka Culturel Foods processing, this place is introduced to the department of Agriculture for healthy foods for people
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Udawattekele Sanctuary
1h · Admission ticket not included
UIdawattekelle sanctuary is a historical forest reservation in hill country during the Kandyan period udawattakelle sanctuary was called as “uda wasala watta “ it has been recorded that who called senkeda for who named the city real name senkadagala derives , lived in a cave in this forest .the cave now known as the senkadagalalena is located on the slope above the temple of the tooth the sanctuary is also of religious importance as there are three Buddhist meditation hermitage and three rock shelter dwellings for Buddhist monk senanayakaramaya and Tahpowanaya and three cave dwellings for Buddhist monks “buddhi-Lena maître –Lena and senkadagala –Lena
The sanctuary is famous for it is extensive avifauna the reserve also contains a great variety of plant, species, especially lianas, shrubs, and small trees., many of small and medium-size mammals that inhabit Sri Lanka can be seen here several kinds of snakes and other reptiles might also be seen at udawattakelle was announced as a forest reserve in 1856 and it becomes a sanctuary in 1938. The forest was reserved for the royal family and the pond situated in the forest was used for bathing the public was restricted from accessing the forest hence the name “forbidden forest”
Udawettakelle is a popular Bird watching among other Bird watching places many kinds of birds are common in the forest “myna, Blue-winged, Leaf Bird, spotted Dove Golden-fronted. Emerald Dove, crimson-fronted Bardet, Tickell s, Blue flycatcher
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Kandy Lake Club Cultural Show
1h · Admission ticket not included
Kandyan Dance show is every evening a very beautiful event at Kandy .it was originally performed by dancers who were identified as a separate caste under the Kandyan feudal system. They were aligned to the Temple of the Tooth and had a significant role to play in the Kandy procession held each year by the temple.
The dance waned in popularity as the support for the dancers from the Kandyan kings ended during the British period. It has now been revived and adapted for the stage and is Sri Lanka's primary cultural export.
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Kandy War Cemetery
10m · Admission ticket not included
Kandy War Cemetery is a British military cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed during World War 2 as well as a soldier who died during World War
