Self-Guided Tour: Sacred City of Kandy (UNESCO Heritage Site)

Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka

HOTSPOTS YOU'LL VISIT

1. Maha Maluwa (Entrance to Sri Dalada Maligawa)
- Maha Maluwa is the entrance to the Sacred Tooth Relic Shrine, the Sri DaladaMaligawa.

2. Sri Dalada Maligawa
- The Palace of the Sacred Tooth Relic is undoubtedly the greatest attraction in the hill capital.

3. Pattirippuwa
- Pattirippuwa is situated at the southern end of the Tooth Relic Palace and was a late addition to the complex.

4. Dalada Maligawa Museum
- DaladaMaligawa Museum is situated behind the Tooth Relic Palace in a 3-storey building.

5. Royal Palace Complex
- At the Northern end of the Tooth Relic Palace premises is the Royal Palace of the Last King Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe

6. Magul Maduwa
- Audience Hall or the Council Chamber in the Palace complex, eastward to the Royal Palace and Tooth Relic Shrine.

7. Museum of the Tusker elephant RAJA
- The museum of the taxidermized trunk of the tusker elephant ‘Raja’ which carried the Tooth Relic casket on his back annual in Sri Dalada Esala Perahera.

8. Palle Wahala
- This spacious residential building is situated on the small higher ground behind the Tooth Relic Palace complex.

9. Ulpen Ge
- This building was used by Queens and Princesses as their bathing pavilion.

10. Kandy Lake – Nuwara Wewa
- Situated to the south of the Sacred Tooth Relic Palace, this lake beautifies the entire city of Kandy.

11. Natha Dewala
- The history of God Natha was not clear and the name ‘Natha meaning is ‘No shape’ or ‘No Form’ and Unknown Maitreya or Budda to come.

12. Vishnu Devale
- God Vishnu is famous for preserver and the protector of the Universe.

13. Pattini Devala
- God Pattini is considered as guardian of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Buddhism.

14. Kataragama Devala
- Kataragama Temple is Situated away from Dalada Complex Commercial city lies in Kotugodalla Road.

Duration: 3 hours