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| Sacred City of Kandy |
Kandy Is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province., was the last capital of the ancient kings’ era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau which crosses an area of tropical plantations. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic , one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world. It was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in1988. The city and the region has been known by many different names and the more popular historical name is Senkadagala , officially Senkadagala Siriwardana Maha Nuwara (meaning great city of growing resplendence). |
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| The kingdom of Kandy has also been known by various names. The name Kandy derived from an anglicized version of the Sinhala Kanda Uda Rata. ( the land on the mountains) Kandy was first established by the king Vikramabahu iii of the kingdom of Gampola. A period of turmoil for power ended with the ascent to the throne by Konnapu Bandara who came to be known as Vimaladharmasuriya having embraced Buddhism, he consolidated his authority further by bringing the Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha to Kandy from Delgamuwa. Kandy had become as the capital home to the Tooth Relic of the Buddha which symbolizes a 4th century tradition that used to be linked to the Sinhalese monarchy since the protector of the relic was the ruler of the land. The British launched an invasion in 1815 and the first time Sri Lanka fully fell into the hands of a foreign power was in Kandy with the signing of the Kandyan convention. The Kandyan villagers were forced to abandon their traditional way of life and become wage worker in the abominable conditions. Kandy is located in the mountainous and thickly forested interior of the island and surrounded by multiple mountain ranges. The city has a wetter and cooler climate due to its higher elevation. |
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