Kandy Emailing: tooth_temple

Tooth Temple Kandy, Sri Lanka   Dalada Maligava (temple complex where the tooth of Buddha is housed) Kandy, city, central Sri Lanka, capital of Central Province, on the Mahaweli River, in the Kandy Plateau. It is one of the island nation's largest cities and the economic focus of the tea-producing central highlands.   Temple of the Tooth Dalada Maligava (the Temple of the Tooth), repository of a sacred Buddhist relic said to be a tooth of the Buddha, is here, and the University of Peradeniya (1942) is nearby. Kandy was the capital of a Sinhalese kingdom from 1592 to 1815, when it became one of the last sections of the island to be annexed by the British as part of colonial Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Population (1990 estimate) 104,000.   Temple entrance   hallway (redecorated since the bomb damage in 1998)   Buddha statue     doors   tells the story of the tooth being rescued from the  Sandalwood cremation of Buddha   presentation of the tooth to the temple for safekeeping   the tooth was displayed to save the country from draught   the altar where the tooth is held   stupa with processional standards   more processional standards   Royal Platform next to the temple   Anglican church location next to temple grounds