Sacred City of Kandy
This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the
city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose
patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500
years until the occupation of Sri Lanka by the British in 1815. It is
also the site of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (the sacred tooth of the
Buddha), which is a famous pilgrimage site.