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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_of_population_(2012)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population_by_ethnicity_according_to_urban_area_(2007)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population_by_ethnicity_according_to_urban_area_(2007)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Population by ethnicity according to urban area (2007)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population_by_ethnicity_according_to_urban_area_(2007)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Health_care" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_care"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Health care</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_care-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Infrastructure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.2</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.3</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architecture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Architecture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architecture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Temple_of_the_Tooth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_the_Tooth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Temple of the Tooth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_the_Tooth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_Palace" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Palace"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.2</span> <span>Royal Palace</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Palace-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lankatilaka_Temple" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lankatilaka_Temple"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.3</span> <span>Lankatilaka Temple</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lankatilaka_Temple-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gadaladeniya_Temple" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gadaladeniya_Temple"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.4</span> <span>Gadaladeniya Temple</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gadaladeniya_Temple-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parks_and_gardens" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parks_and_gardens"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Parks and gardens</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parks_and_gardens-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_and_secondary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Primary and secondary education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tertiary_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tertiary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Tertiary education</span> </div> 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="कैन्डी – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="कैन्डी" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi" title="Kandi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kandi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF_(%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE)" title="ক্যান্ডি (শ্রীলঙ্কা) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ক্যান্ডি (শ্রীলঙ্কা)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Канды – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Канды" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Канди – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Канди" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy_(kapital_sa_lalawigan)" title="Kandy (kapital sa lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kandy (kapital sa lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9_(%CE%A3%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1)" title="Κάντι (Σρι Λάνκα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάντι (Σρι Λάνκα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi_(Srilanko)" title="Kandi (Srilanko) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kandi (Srilanko)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_(%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7)" title="کندی (سری‌لانکا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کندی (سری‌لانکا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A1%E0%AB%80,_%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE" title="કેન્ડી, શ્રીલંકા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કેન્ડી, શ્રીલંકા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%94%EB%94%94_(%EB%8F%84%EC%8B%9C)" title="캔디 (도시) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캔디 (도시)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB" title="Կանդի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կանդի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="कैंडी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कैंडी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99" title="קאנדי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קאנדי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="კანდი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კანდი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Канди – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Канди" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandis_(%C5%A0ri_Lanka)" title="Kandis (Šri Lanka) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kandis (Šri Lanka)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi_(Sr%C3%AD_Lanka)" title="Kandi (Srí Lanka) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kandi (Srí Lanka)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="क्यान्डी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="क्यान्डी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF" title="കണ്ടി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കണ്ടി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="कँडी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कँडी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="კანდი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კანდი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89" title="كاندى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كاندى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ကန္ဒီမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကန္ဒီမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy_(stad)" title="Kandy (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kandy (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="क्यान्डी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="क्यान्डी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3_(%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB)" title="キャンディ (スリランカ) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キャンディ (スリランカ)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi" title="Kandi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kandi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80_(%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0)" title="ਕੈਂਡੀ (ਸ਼ਹਿਰ) – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੈਂਡੀ (ਸ਼ਹਿਰ)" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C" title="کینڈی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کینڈی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2ndia_(Seri_Lanca)" title="Cândia (Seri Lanca) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cândia (Seri Lanca)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8_(%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Канди (Шри-Ланка) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Канди (Шри-Ланка)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB" title="මහනුවර – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මහනුවර" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahanuvara" title="Mahanuvara – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mahanuvara" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi" title="Kandi – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kandi" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF" title="கண்டி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கண்டி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82" title="కాండీ నగరం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="కాండీ నగరం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4" title="กัณฏิ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="กัณฏิ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96" title="Канді – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Канді" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C" title="کینڈی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کینڈی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandi" title="Kandi – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Kandi" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Kandy" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E6%8F%90" title="康提 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="康提" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E6%8F%90" title="康提 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="康提" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/95px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/143px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/190px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3712" data-file-height="5568" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Esala_Perahera" title="Kandy Esala Perahera">Kandy Esala Perahera</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Nuwara, Senkadagala</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Loyal and 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Lanka">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_District" title="Kandy District">Kandy District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisional_Secretariats_of_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional Secretariats of Central Province, Sri Lanka">Divisional Secretariat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Four_Gravets_and_Gangawata_Korale_Divisional_Secretariat" title="Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat">Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Senkadagalapura</th><td 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title="Kandy Municipal Council">Kandy Municipal Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Kandy">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kesera_Senanayake" title="Kesera Senanayake">Kesera Senanayake</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">(UNP)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28.53 km<sup>2</sup> (11.02 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">500 m (1,600 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span 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It was the last capital of the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_monarchy" title="Sinhalese monarchy">Sinhalese monarchy</a> from 1469 to 1818, under the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kingdom of Kandy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is situated in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is both an administrative and religious city and the capital of the Central Province. Kandy is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth" title="Temple of the Tooth">Temple of the Tooth</a> Relic (<i><a href="/wiki/Sri_Dalada_Maligawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Dalada Maligawa">Sri Dalada Maligawa</a></i>), one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world. It was declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically the local <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> rulers resisted <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> colonial expansion and occupation. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city and the region have been known by many different names and versions of those names. Some scholars suggest that the original name of Kandy was Katubulu Nuwara located near the present <a href="/wiki/Watapuluwa" title="Watapuluwa">Watapuluwa</a>. However, the more popular historical name is Senkadagala or Senkadagalapura, officially Senkadagala Siriwardhana Maha Nuwara (meaning 'great city of Senkadagala of growing resplendence'), generally shortened to 'Maha Nuwara'. According to folklore, this name originated from one of the several possible sources. One being the city was named after a <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">brahmin</a> with the name Senkanda who lived in a cave nearby, and another being a queen of <a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_III_of_Gampola" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikramabahu III of Gampola">Vikramabahu III</a> was named Senkanda, and after a coloured stone named Senkadagala. The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kingdom of Kandy</a> has also been known by various names. The English name Kandy, which originated during the colonial era, is derived from an anglicised version of the <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> Kanda Uda Rata (meaning the land on the mountain) or Kanda Uda Pas Rata (the five counties/countries on the mountain). The Portuguese shortened this to "Candea", using the name for both the kingdom and its capital. In Sinhala, Kandy is called <i>Maha Nuwara</i>, meaning "Great City" or "The Capital", although this is most often shortened to <i>Nuwara</i> in daily use.<sup id="cite_ref-srilankanmap.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srilankanmap.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">History of Sri Lanka</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historical records suggest that Kandy was first established by the <a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_III_of_Gampola" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikramabahu III of Gampola">Vikramabahu III</a> (1357–1374 AD), who was the monarch of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gampola" title="Kingdom of Gampola">Kingdom of Gampola</a>, north of the present city, and named <i>Senkadagalapura</i> at the time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kandyan_Kingdom">Kandyan Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kandyan Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kingdom of Kandy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon,_Dona_Catharina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg/220px-AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg/330px-AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg/440px-AMH-6978-KB_The_Portuguese_Pedro_Lopez_welcomes_the_Empress_of_Ceylon%2C_Dona_Catharina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1887" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese governor <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Lopes_de_Sousa" title="Pedro Lopes de Sousa">Pedro Lopes de Sousa</a> welcomes <a href="/wiki/Kusumasana_Devi" title="Kusumasana Devi">Kusumasana Devi</a> a.k.a. 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He was a royal from the Kotte Royal Bloodline and ruled Kandy as a semi-independent kingdom under the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kotte" title="Kingdom of Kotte">Kingdom of Kotte</a>, making it the new capital of the Kandyan Kingdom. Sena Sammatha Wickramabahu was followed by his son <a href="/wiki/Jayaweera_Astana_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayaweera Astana of Kandy">Jayaweera Astana</a> (1511–1551) and then by <a href="/wiki/Karaliyadde_Bandara_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaliyadde Bandara of Kandy">Karaliyadde Bandara</a> (1551–1581) who was succeeded by his daughter <a href="/wiki/Dona_Catherina_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dona Catherina of Kandy">Dona Catherina of Kandy</a> (1581–1581). Dona Catherina was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Rajasinha_I_of_Sitawaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasinha I of Sitawaka">Rajasinha I</a>. Rajasinha I, however, preferred to rule the hill country from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sitawaka" title="Kingdom of Sitawaka">Kingdom of Sitawaka</a> on the west of the island. A period of turmoil for power ended with the ascent to the throne by Konappu Bandara who came to be known as <a href="/wiki/Vimaladharmasuriya_I_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy">Vimaladharmasuriya I</a>. Having embraced Buddhism, he consolidated his authority further by bringing the <a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">tooth relic of the Buddha</a> to Kandy from a place called Delgamuwa.<sup id="cite_ref-srilankanmap.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srilankanmap.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1592 Kandy became the capital city of the last remaining independent kingdom in the island after the coastal regions had been conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a>. Several invasions by the Portuguese were repelled, most notably in the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_of_Danture" title="Campaign of Danture">campaign of Danture</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese%E2%80%93Portuguese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese–Portuguese War">Sinhalese–Portuguese War</a> and the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Ceylon" title="Dutch Ceylon">Dutch Ceylon</a>, attempts by the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> to conquer the kingdom were repelled. </p><p>The kingdom tolerated a Dutch presence on the coast of Sri Lanka, although attacks were occasionally launched. The most ambitious offensive was undertaken in 1761, when King <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Sri_Rajasinha_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirti Sri Rajasinha of Sri Lanka">Kirti Sri Rajasinha</a> attacked and overran most of the coast, leaving only the heavily fortified <a href="/wiki/Negombo" title="Negombo">Negombo</a> intact. When a Dutch retaliatory force returned to the island in 1763, Kirti Sri Rajasinha abandoned the coastline and withdrew into the interior. When the Dutch continued to the jungles the next year, they were constantly harassed by disease, heat, lack of provisions, and Kandyan sharpshooters, who hid in the jungle and inflicted heavy losses on the Dutch. </p><p>The Dutch launched a better-adapted force <a href="/wiki/Kandyan%E2%80%93Dutch_war_(1764%E2%80%931766)" title="Kandyan–Dutch war (1764–1766)">in January 1765</a>, replacing their troops' bayonets with machetes and using more practical uniforms and tactics suited to <a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">jungle warfare</a>. The Dutch were initially successful in capturing the capital, which was deserted, and the Kandyans withdrew to the jungles once more, refusing to engage in open battle. However, the Dutch were again worn down by constant <a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">attrition warfare</a>. <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Batticaloa" title="Treaty of Batticaloa">A peace treaty</a> was signed in 1766. The Dutch remained in control of the coastal areas until 1796, when Great Britain took them over (while the Netherlands was under French control) due to the <a href="/wiki/Kew_letters" class="mw-redirect" title="Kew letters">Kew letters</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleonic wars">Napoleonic wars</a>. British possession of these areas was formalized with the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens" title="Treaty of Amiens">treaty of Amiens</a> in 1802. The next year the British also invaded Kandy in what became known as the First Kandyan War but were repulsed. </p><p>As the capital, Kandy had become home to the <a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">relic of the tooth of the Buddha</a> which symbolizes a 4th-century tradition that used to be linked to the <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala Kingdom">Sinhalese</a> monarchy, since the protector of the relic was the ruler of the land. Thus the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth were placed in close proximity to each other. </p><p>The last ruling dynasty of Kandy was the <a href="/wiki/Nayaks_of_Kandy" title="Nayaks of Kandy">Nayaks</a>. Kandy stayed independent until the early 19th century. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandyan_Convention.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kandyan_Convention.jpg/220px-Kandyan_Convention.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="388" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kandyan_Convention.jpg/330px-Kandyan_Convention.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kandyan_Convention.jpg/440px-Kandyan_Convention.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="1204" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Convention" title="Kandyan Convention">Kandyan Convention</a> signed between the British and the Kandyan chiefs in 1815</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Second_Kandyan_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Kandyan War">Second Kandyan War</a>, the British launched an invasion that met no resistance and reached the city on 10 February 1815. The first time Sri Lanka fully fell into the hands of a foreign power was in Kandy with the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Convention" title="Kandyan Convention">Kandyan Convention</a> in 1815 at the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Dalada_Maligawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Dalada Maligawa">Sri Dalada Maligawa</a>. The king, <a href="/wiki/Vikrama_Rajasinha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikrama Rajasinha">Vikrama Rajasinha</a> of Kandy who was of <a href="/wiki/South_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Indian">South Indian</a> ancestry faced powerful opposition from the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> chieftains and sought to reduce his power. A successful coup was organized by the Sinhalese chieftains in which they accepted the British crown as their new king. This ended over 2500 years of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_monarchs" title="List of Sri Lankan monarchs">Sinhalese monarchs</a> and the line of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kandyan_monarchs" title="List of Kandyan monarchs">Kandyan monarchs</a> and Rajasinha was taken as prisoner. By 2 March 1815 the island's sovereignty was under that of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. A treaty known as the <a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Convention" title="Kandyan Convention">Kandyan Convention</a> was signed between the British and the <a href="/wiki/Radala" title="Radala">Radalas</a> (Kandyan aristocrats). The treaty was not signed by the deposed King but by members of his court and other dignitaries of the Kandyan Kingdom. With this treaty, Kandy recognized George III as its King and became a British protectorate. The last king of the kingdom <a href="/wiki/Sri_Vikrama_Rajasinha" title="Sri Vikrama Rajasinha">Sri Vikrama Rajasinha</a> was captured and taken as a royal prisoner by the British to <a href="/wiki/Vellore_Fort" title="Vellore Fort">Vellore Fort</a> in southern India along with all claimants to the throne. Some of the family members were also exiled to <a href="/wiki/Tanjore" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjore">Tanjore</a> (now known as Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu). Their erstwhile living place is still referred to as "Kandy Raja Aranmanai" on the eastern part of Thanjavur town on Old Mariamman Koil Road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_era">Colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British period</a> in Sri Lanka, the history of Kandy and its townscape witnessed a rapid and drastic change and particularly after the <a href="/wiki/Uva_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Uva Rebellion">Uva Rebellion</a>. Sir Lowry is noted for recording in his Gazetteer "The story of English rule in the Kandyan country during the rebellion of 1818 cannot be related without shame...Hardly a member of the leading families remained alive...Those whom the sword and the gun had spared, <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Small_pox" class="mw-redirect" title="Small pox">small pox</a> and privations had slain by the hundreds...Others became ignorant and apathetic. Any subsequent development efforts of the government for many years were only attempts begun and abandoned".<sup id="cite_ref-srilankanmap.com_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srilankanmap.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1848 led by <a href="/wiki/Gongalegoda_Banda" title="Gongalegoda Banda">Gongalegoda Banda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puran_Appu" title="Puran Appu">Puran Appu</a> saw the rebellion known as the <a href="/wiki/Matale_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Matale Rebellion">Matale Rebellion</a>. Prior to that the city and the country had been under British rule for 32 years, during which the British had expropriated the common land of the peasantry and reduced them to extreme poverty. The Kandyan villagers were forced to abandon their traditional way of life and become wage-workers in the abominable conditions that prevailed on these new estates and plantations that had been introduced. Despite all the pressure exerted by the colonials, the Kandyans refused. This forced the British to bring in hundreds of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolies</a> from southern India. </p><p>The rebellion began on 26 July 1848 with Gongalegoda Banda, crowned as king, and Puran Appu, as prime minister, and their main objective was to capture Kandy back from the British. The Matale Rebellion was a peasant revolt in the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Common_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Common people">Common people</a>, the Kandyan leadership being totally wiped out after the <a href="/wiki/Uva_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Uva Rebellion">Uva Rebellion</a>, marked the first step in a transition from the classic <a href="/wiki/Feudal" class="mw-redirect" title="Feudal">feudal</a> form of anti-colonial revolt to modern independence struggles. The leadership was for the first time passed from the Kandyan provinces into the hands of ordinary people or non-aristocrats. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_(Baedeker,_1914).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg/220px-Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg/330px-Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg/440px-Map_of_Kandy_and_environs_%28Baedeker%2C_1914%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1718" data-file-height="2223" /></a><figcaption>Kandy and environs, incl the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Peradeniya" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya">Royal Botanic Gardens</a> at Peradeniya, ca 1914</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1944, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/South_East_Asia_Command" title="South East Asia Command">South East Asia Command</a> of the allies was moved to Kandy, where it remained until the end of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_Kandy">Contemporary Kandy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary Kandy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is the second-largest city of the island and the capital of the Central Province of modern Sri Lanka. Its geographic location has made it a major transportation hub in the island: while Kandy being the gateway to the Central Highlands<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of Sri Lanka, the city can be reached by major motorways in every direction of the island. The railway line from Colombo, the seaport on the western coast runs via Kandy to the farthest point of Badulla<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the Central Highlands. The main roads Colombo-Kandy and Kandy-Nuwara Eliya<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are two of the most scenic roads of Sri Lanka; Colombo-Kandy<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> road passes through the rubber, tea plantations and rice paddies, Kandy-Nuwara Eliya road cuts through paddy fields and seamless tea plantations. Both roads claw their way up winding, rounding over the rings of hills. Currently, feasibility studies are afoot for another highway between Colombo and Kandy via Kadawata and the scenic city of Katugastota. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Geography of Sri Lanka">Geography of Sri Lanka</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Kandy_Lake_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5112" data-file-height="3408" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of the Kandy lake</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kandy is located in the mountainous and thickly forested interior of the island. The city is located in between multiple mountain ranges including the <a href="/wiki/Knuckles_mountain_range" class="mw-redirect" title="Knuckles mountain range">Knuckles mountain range</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hanthana_Mountain_Range" title="Hanthana Mountain Range">Hanthana Mountain Range</a>, giving the city an elevation of 500 metres (1,600 ft) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>. It lies adjacent to the artificial <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Lake" title="Kandy Lake">Kandy Lake</a> and south of <a href="/wiki/Udawatta_Kele_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Udawatta Kele Sanctuary">Udawatta Kele Sanctuary</a>. Today Udawatte Kele is reducing its area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen-Geiger_climate_classification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen-Geiger climate classification system">Köppen-Geiger climate classification system</a>, its climate is <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest</a> (Af).<sup id="cite_ref-Climate-Data.org_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-Data.org-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Kandy located in the centre of the island and in a high elevation, the city has a relatively wetter and cooler temperatures than that of the tropical climate of the <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Sri Lanka">rest of the country</a>, especially the coastal regions. <a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya#Climate" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a> is south to it and has a cooler climate due to its higher elevation. Nevertheless, Kandy's climate is still tropical as mean temperatures year round are above 18 °C on average. The city does experience a drier period from January to April.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From May through to July and October to December the region experiences its monsoon season, during this time the weather is rough and unstable. From March through the middle of May is the intermonsoonal period, during this time there is light rain and strong humidity.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The humidity is generally between 70% and 79%.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kandy </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28<br />(83) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #00DC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">188<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #28FF28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #33FF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">128<br />(5.0) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">113<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #10FF10; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #007400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">264<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #003600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">296<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #00D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196<br />(7.7) </td> <td style="background: #16FF16; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,840<br />(72.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">146 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <i>Weather2Travel</i> for highs, lows and sunshine,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Climate-Data.org</i> for daily mean temperatures (altitude: 518 m)<sup id="cite_ref-Climate-Data.org_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-Data.org-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <i>World Climate Guide</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>HolidayCheck.com</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>World Climate</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View from the Arthur's seat"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg/800px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg/1200px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg/1600px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7729" data-file-height="4348" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img11_Arthurs_Seat_view.jpg" title="File:SL Kandy asv2020-01 img11 Arthurs Seat view.jpg"> </a></div>View from the Arthur's seat</div></div></div> <p>The city of Kandy lies at an elevation of 465 metres (1,526 ft) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>. Its plan developed around two open spaces: an elongated square, at the end of which are the administration buildings of the old capital, and an artificial lake that is quadrangular in form. A public garden adds to the openness of the city's spatial organization. </p><p>Kandy has now grown out to encompass <a href="/wiki/Peradeniya" title="Peradeniya">Peradeniya</a>, home to the University of Peradeniya and the Botanical Gardens, <a href="/wiki/Katugastota" title="Katugastota">Katugastota</a> to the north, and east to <a href="/wiki/Kundasale" title="Kundasale">Kundasale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennekumbura" title="Tennekumbura">Tennekumbura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gurudeniya" title="Gurudeniya">Gurudeniya</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighbourhoods">Neighbourhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Neighbourhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:254px;max-width:254px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg/250px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg/375px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg/500px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img04_Queens_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5939" data-file-height="3712" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandy_Sri_Lanka_(25818382171).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg/250px-Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg/375px-Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg/500px-Kandy_Sri_Lanka_%2825818382171%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Downtown Kandy</div></div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akurana" title="Akurana">Akurana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ampitiya,_Central_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ampitiya, Central Province">Ampitiya</a></li> <li>Ampitiya North</li> <li>Ampitiya South</li> <li>Anniwatta</li> <li>Aruppola East</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgiriya" title="Asgiriya">Asgiriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahirawakanda" title="Bahirawakanda">Bahirawakanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogambara" title="Bogambara">Bogambara</a></li> <li>Bogodawatta</li> <li>Bowala</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buwelikada_(disambiguation)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buwelikada (disambiguation) (page does not exist)">Buwelikada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dangolla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dangolla (page does not exist)">Dangolla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deiyannewelle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deiyannewelle (page does not exist)">Deiyannewelle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etamoragodawatta_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Etamoragodawatta Colony (page does not exist)">Etamoragodawatta Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gannoruwa_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gannoruwa West (page does not exist)">Gannoruwa West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelioya" title="Gelioya">Gelioya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gampola" title="Gampola">Gampola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heenagama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heenagama (page does not exist)">Heenagama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katugastota" title="Katugastota">Katugastota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katukele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katukele (page does not exist)">Katukele</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosgaspitiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosgaspitiya (page does not exist)">Kosgaspitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotugodella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kotugodella (page does not exist)">Kotugodella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewella" title="Lewella">Lewella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madawala" title="Madawala">Madawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahaiyawa" title="Mahaiyawa">Mahaiyawa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malwatta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malwatta (page does not exist)">Malwatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapanawatura" title="Mapanawatura">Mapanawatura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mavilmada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mavilmada (page does not exist)">Mavilmada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Menikkumbura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Menikkumbura (page does not exist)">Menikkumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mulgampola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mulgampola (page does not exist)">Mulgampola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Navayalatenna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Navayalatenna (page does not exist)">Navayalatenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittawela" title="Nittawela">Nittawela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Dodanwala" title="Nuwara Dodanwala">Nuwara Dodanwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peradeniya" title="Peradeniya">Peradeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polgolla" title="Polgolla">Polgolla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siyabalapitiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siyabalapitiya (page does not exist)">Siyabalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyambalagastenna" title="Siyambalagastenna">Siyambalagastenna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suduhumpola_East&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suduhumpola East (page does not exist)">Suduhumpola East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suduhumpola_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suduhumpola West (page does not exist)">Suduhumpola West</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talwatta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Talwatta (page does not exist)">Talwatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennekumbura" title="Tennekumbura">Tennekumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udamadapola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Udamadapola (page does not exist)">Udamadapola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udathalawinna" title="Udathalawinna">Udathalawinna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watapuluwa" title="Watapuluwa">Watapuluwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wattarantenna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wattarantenna (page does not exist)">Wattarantenna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wewelpitiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wewelpitiya (page does not exist)">Wewelpitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatiwawala" title="Yatiwawala">Yatiwawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wattegama" title="Wattegama">Wattegama</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wards">Wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kandy has 24 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wards_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wards of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">wards</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Kandy Municipal Council</div> <br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">මහනුවර මහ නගර සභා</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG/200px-Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG/300px-Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Kandy_Coat_of_Arms.JPG 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="306" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Local_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Local authority">Local authority</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">Unicameral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Four years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1865</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Kandy">Mayor of Kandy</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Kesera_Senanayake" title="Kesera Senanayake">Kesera Senanayake</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> <br />since 8 April 2018<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Commissioner_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Municipal Commissioner (Sri Lanka)">Municipal Commissioner</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Chandana Tennakoon </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>41</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Open_list" title="Open list">open list</a> <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Proportional representation system">proportional representation system</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018 Sri Lankan local elections</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kandy.mc.gov.lk/">kandy<wbr />.mc<wbr />.gov<wbr />.lk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Municipal_Council" title="Kandy Municipal Council">Kandy Municipal Council</a></div> <p>Kandy is a <a href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">charter city</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council government">Mayor Council</a> form of government. The <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Kandy">Mayor of Kandy</a> and the councillors are elected through local government elections held once in five years. The Head of administration is the <i>Municipal Commissioner</i>, who handles the day-to-day operations of the 16 departments that it is made up of. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Municipal_Council" title="Kandy Municipal Council">Kandy Municipal Council</a> governs the City of Kandy, it was established under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The inaugural meeting had been held on 20 March 1866. The <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Town_Hall" title="Kandy Town Hall">Kandy Town Hall</a> was established in the present premises known as the <i>Dunuwille Walawwe</i> in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_Agent_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Government Agent (Sri Lanka)">Government Agent</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</a> had presided over the council until 1939 when the Mayor was elected. The first elected mayor was Sir <a href="/wiki/Cuda_Ratwatte" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuda Ratwatte">Cuda Ratwatte</a>. With further amendments to the ordinance in 1978, the Mayor became the Executive Head whilst the Commissioner was the Administrative head. </p><p>As of the 2018 election, the council consists of 41 members. The <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> has 19, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> 16, the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> 3, the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> 2, and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">UPA</a> one. The Council meets once a month to review the progress and decide on the implementation of its projects. Five standing committees of the council, namely Finance, Law, Works, Sports and Welfare Services (Pre-Schools, Library), also meet monthly to evaluate and recommend to Council relative matters for approval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Demographics of Sri Lanka">Demographics of Sri Lanka</a></div> <p>Kandy is a <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> majority city; there are sizable communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Moors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamils</a>. The city remains an important religious centre of the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> and a place of <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimage</a> for <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a>, namely those belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a> school. The <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> has a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kandy" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy">diocese</a> headquartered in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_of_population_(2012)"><span id="Census_of_population_.282012.29"></span>Census of population (2012)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Census of population (2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnicity in Kandy (2012)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Population</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFFF00; width:74.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">74.55%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Sri Lankan Moors</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#009000; width:10.90%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.90%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF8000; width:9.59%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.59%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Indian Tamils</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:3.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0080FF; width:1.43%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.43%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnicity</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% Of Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a></td> <td>118,209</td> <td>74.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Sri Lankan Moors</a></td> <td>17,282</td> <td>10.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a></td> <td>15,203</td> <td>9.59 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Indian Tamils</a></td> <td>5,601</td> <td>3.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other (including <a href="/wiki/Burgher_people" title="Burgher people">Burgher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Malays" title="Sri Lankan Malays">Malay</a>)</td> <td>2,269</td> <td>1.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>158,564</td> <td>100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Source:</i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2012Visualization/htdocs/index.php?usecase=indicator&action=DSMap&indId=10&district=Kandy&Legend=3#"><i>statistics.gov.lk</i></a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_by_ethnicity_according_to_urban_area_(2007)"><span id="Population_by_ethnicity_according_to_urban_area_.282007.29"></span>Population by ethnicity according to urban area (2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Population by ethnicity according to urban area (2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnicity in Kandy (2007)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Population</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFFF00; width:70.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">70.48%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Sri Lankan Moors</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#009000; width:13.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">13.93%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF8000; width:8.57%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.57%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Indian Tamils</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:0.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.77%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0080FF; width:2.26%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.26%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnicity</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% Of Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a></td> <td>82,560</td> <td>74.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Sri Lankan Moors</a></td> <td>15,326</td> <td>13.93 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a></td> <td>9,427</td> <td>8.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Indian Tamils</a></td> <td>245</td> <td>0.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other (including <a href="/wiki/Burgher_people" title="Burgher people">Burgher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Malays" title="Sri Lankan Malays">Malay</a>)</td> <td>2,489</td> <td>2.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>110,049</td> <td>100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Source:</i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070610120717/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/census2001/population/district/t002c.htm"><i>statistics.gov.lk</i></a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is the second-largest city in the island and the capital of <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</a>. Many major corporations have large branch offices in Kandy and many industries including textiles, Sri Lankan gemstones, furniture, information technology, and jewellery are found there. Many agriculture research centres are located throughout the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Teaching_Hospital,_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Teaching Hospital, Kandy">National Hospital, Kandy</a> is the second-largest medical institution in Sri Lanka, established and administered under the purview of the Ministry of Health, which remains a key hospital maintained by the Sri Lankan Government.<sup id="cite_ref-Kandy_Hospital_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kandy_Hospital-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Teaching_Hospital,_Peradeniya" title="Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya">Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya</a> is one of the prime tertiary care hospitals in the country, located along the <a href="/wiki/A1_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" title="A1 highway (Sri Lanka)">A1 highway</a> connecting Kandy and <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Peradeniya" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya">Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya</a>. </p><p>The Dental Hospital Peradeniya and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Children's Hospitals are located adjacent to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-Peradeniya_Hospital_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peradeniya_Hospital-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Transport in Sri Lanka">Transport in Sri Lanka</a></div> <p>Kandy has a public transport system based primarily on buses. The bus service is operated both by private companies and the government's own <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Transport_Board" title="Sri Lanka Transport Board">Sri Lanka Transport Board</a> (SLTB). The Kandy Multimodal Transport Terminal (KMTT) after constructed will integrate a major bus terminal to the Kandy railway station. KMTT will handle about 2,000 bus departures, up to 3,000 further through-services, and about 320,000 passenger movements on a daily basis. EoIs from consultants for the Design, Construction Supervision and Contract Administration of the project were called in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air">Air</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Airport" title="Kandy Airport">Kandy Airport</a></div> <p>The proposed <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Airport" title="Kandy Airport">Kandy Airport</a> in the nearby area of <a href="/wiki/Kundasale_Divisional_Secretariat" title="Kundasale Divisional Secretariat">Kundasale</a> will create a direct air link to <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" title="Bandaranaike International Airport">Bandaranaike International Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new airport will act as a catalyst to the tourism industry in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roads">Roads</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>A-Grade highways</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A1 road (Sri Lanka)">A1 highway</a> (Kandy road) connects Colombo with Kandy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A9_road_(Sri_Lanka)" title="A9 road (Sri Lanka)">A9 highway</a> connects Jaffna with Kandy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A26_road_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A26 road (Sri Lanka)">A26 highway</a> connects Padiyathalawa with Kandy via Mahiyangana.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A10_road_(Sri_Lanka)" title="A10 road (Sri Lanka)">A10 highway</a> connects <a href="/wiki/Puttalam" title="Puttalam">Puttalam</a> with Kandy via <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a> and Katugastota.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Sri_Lanka)" title="A5 road (Sri Lanka)">A5 highway</a> connects <a href="/wiki/Chenkalady" title="Chenkalady">Chenkalady</a> with Kandy via <a href="/wiki/Padiyathalawa" title="Padiyathalawa">Padiyathalawa</a> <a href="/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a> <a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a> and Peradeniya.</li></ul> <dl><dt>High-speed expressways</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>Colombo – Kandy high-speed elevated expressway running is currently under construction, providing a high-speed link between the two largest economic centres.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail">Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Matale Line</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Railways" title="Sri Lanka Railways">Sri Lanka Railways</a> connects Kandy by way of Peradeniya and <a href="/wiki/Matale" title="Matale">Matale</a>. It connects to the <i>Main Line</i> that links Colombo and <a href="/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Architecture_of_Kandy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Architecture of Kandy (page does not exist)">Architecture of Kandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Architecture of Sri Lanka">Architecture of Sri Lanka</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandy_WHC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_WHC.JPG/220px-Kandy_WHC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_WHC.JPG/330px-Kandy_WHC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_WHC.JPG/440px-Kandy_WHC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="530" /></a><figcaption>Kandy World Heritage Site marker</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temple_of_the_Tooth">Temple of the Tooth</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Temple of the Tooth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth" title="Temple of the Tooth">Temple of the Tooth</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/220px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/330px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/440px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img34_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7333" data-file-height="4125" /></a><figcaption>Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the north shore of the lake, which is enclosed by a parapet of white stone dating to the beginning of the 19th century, are the city's official religious monuments, including the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Palace of Kandy">Royal Palace</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth" title="Temple of the Tooth">Temple of the Tooth</a>, known as the Sri Dalada Maligawa (daḷadā māligāva). Reconstructed in the 18th century, the Sri Dalada Maligawa is built on a base of <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> that was inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">temples</a> of Sri Lanka's former capital city, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>. An array of materials (<a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a>, sculpted <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivory" title="Ivory">ivory</a>, etc.) contribute to the richness of this temple. Throughout this small <i>holy city</i>, a number of recent Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monasteries</a> can be found. </p><p>The monumental ensemble of Kandy is an example of construction that associates the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth (<i>Palace of the tooth relic</i>) is the place that houses the <a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">relic of the tooth of the Buddha</a>. Originally part of the Royal Palace complex of the Kandyan Kingdom, it is one of the holiest places of worship and pilgrimage for Buddhists around the world. It was the last of a series of temples built in the places where the relic, the actual palladium of the Sinhalese monarchy, was brought following the various relocations of the capital city. </p><p>The Palace of the Tooth relic, the palace complex and the holy city of Kandy are associated with the history of the dissemination of Buddhism. The temple is the product of the last peregrination of the relic of the tooth of Buddha and the testimony of a religion which continues to be practiced today. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Buddhist_Museum" title="International Buddhist Museum">International Buddhist Museum</a> nearby houses objects contributed by India, Gandhara, Bhutan, Nepal, Korea, Thailand, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 16-foot statue of Gautama Buddha, a replica of the <a href="/wiki/Dharmachakra_Pravartana_Buddha_at_Sarnath" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath">Sarnath Buddha</a> is installed in front of the museum, gifted by the Government of India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Royal_Palace">Royal Palace</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Royal Palace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Palace of Kandy">Royal Palace of Kandy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg/220px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg/330px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg/440px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img43_Royal_Palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7405" data-file-height="4165" /></a><figcaption>The Royal Palace of Kandy</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Palace of Kandy">Royal Palace of Kandy</a> is the last Royal Palace built in the island. Although only part of the original palace complex remains. The Temple of the Tooth was part of this complex, due to the ancient tradition that stated that the monarch is the protector of the relic though which the ruler of the land. It today houses the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum Kandy">National Museum Kandy</a> which holds an extensive collection of artefacts from both the Kandy Kingdom and the British colonial rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lankatilaka_Temple">Lankatilaka Temple</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Lankatilaka Temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lankatilaka_Vihara" title="Lankatilaka Vihara">Lankatilaka Vihara</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lankatilaka_Vihara" title="Lankatilaka Vihara">Lankatilaka Temple</a> is considered to be one of the best-preserved examples of traditional Sinhalese temple architecture.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Built on a rock, the temple is reached by a long series of rock-cut steps. An arched passage of the image house leads through a Mandapa (hall) into the inner sanctum which is decorated with floral designs. The two side walls and the ceiling are decorated with paintings. In the inner sanctum is a large seated image of the Buddha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gadaladeniya_Temple">Gadaladeniya Temple</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gadaladeniya Temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gadaladeniya_Vihara" title="Gadaladeniya Vihara">Gadaladeniya Vihara</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gadaladeniya_Vihara" title="Gadaladeniya Vihara">Gadaladeniya Temple</a>'s design is of South Indian origin with a Devale attached to it, similar in character to the Natha Devale and the Gedige of Adahana Maluwa. The main shrine room has a seated Buddha statue and the remains of some paintings of the Gampola period. </p><p>Among other important temples around Kandy<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dodanwala_Devalaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dodanwala Devalaya (page does not exist)">Dodanwala Devalaya</a> (shrine), <a href="/wiki/Embekka_Devalaya" title="Embekka Devalaya">Embekka Devalaya</a> (shrine), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Galmaduwa_Vihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galmaduwa Vihara (page does not exist)">Galmaduwa Vihara</a> temple, Handagala Vihara temple, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medawala_Vihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medawala Vihara (page does not exist)">Medawala Vihara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nalanda_Gedige" title="Nalanda Gedige">Nalanda Gedige</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks_and_gardens">Parks and gardens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Parks and gardens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg/220px-Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg/330px-Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg/440px-Botanical_Garden_of_Peradeniya_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Peradeniya Botanic garden</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Peradeniya" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya">Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya</a> is situated about 5 km to the west of the city centre at <a href="/wiki/Peradeniya" title="Peradeniya">Peradeniya</a> and is visited by 2 million people per year.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest botanical garden on the island extending to 147 acres (59 ha) and containing over 4000 species of plants.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Knuckles_Mountain_Range" title="Knuckles Mountain Range">Knuckles Mountain Range</a> in Kandy is a world heritage site of UNESCO. <a href="/wiki/Alagalla_Mountain_Range" title="Alagalla Mountain Range">Alagalla Mountain Range</a> also named in English as Potato Range both famous for trekking in Sri Lanka. The <a href="/wiki/Udawatta_Kele_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Udawatta Kele Sanctuary">Udawatta Kele</a> (<i>Udawatta Forest</i>) is a protected sanctuary situated in the heart of the city, just north of the Temple of the Tooth. Known as "Uda Wasala Watta" in <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> meaning, "the garden situated above the royal palace", it was designated as a forest reserve in 1856, and it became a sanctuary in 1938. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wace_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Wace Park">Royal Palace Park</a>, known as <i>Wales Park</i> is a small park that overlooks <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Lake" title="Kandy Lake">Kandy Lake</a> and most of the city. In the park is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Field_gun" title="Field gun">field gun</a> which was captured by the British <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)">14th Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a> during World War II and presented to the city of Kandy by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Lord Mountbatten</a>, Supreme Allied Commander <a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South East Asia Theatre</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Education in Sri Lanka">Education in Sri Lanka</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Campus_lion_UoP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Campus_lion_UoP.jpg/250px-Campus_lion_UoP.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Campus_lion_UoP.jpg/375px-Campus_lion_UoP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Campus_lion_UoP.jpg/500px-Campus_lion_UoP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A traditional lion statue in front of the senate building of the university</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="List of schools in Central Province, Sri Lanka">List of schools in Central Province, Sri Lanka</a></div> <p>Kandy is home to some of the island's oldest and leading schools. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharmaraja_College" title="Dharmaraja College">Dharmaraja College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girls%27_High_School,_Kandy" title="Girls' High School, Kandy">Girls' High School, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd_Convent,_Kandy" title="Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy">Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy</a></li> <li>Gothami Girls College</li> <li>Hemamali Girls College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillwood_College" title="Hillwood College">Hillwood College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingswood_College_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingswood College (Sri Lanka)">Kingswood College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahamaya_Girls%27_College,_Kandy" title="Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy">Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpadana_Girls%27_College,_Kandy" title="Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy">Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranabima_Royal_College" title="Ranabima Royal College">Ranabima Royal College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_College,_Kandy" title="St. Anthony's College, Kandy">St. Anthony's College, Kandy</a></li> <li>St. Anthony's Girls College</li> <li>St. Benedict's College, Kandy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Sylvester%27s_College" title="St. Sylvester's College">St. Sylvester's College</a></li> <li>Sarasavi Uyana College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seethadevi_Girls_College" title="Seethadevi Girls College">Seethadevi Girls' College</a></li> <li>Sri Chandananda Buddhist College</li> <li>Sri Rahula College</li> <li>Swarnamali Girls College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College Kandy">Trinity College Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyartha_College" title="Vidyartha College">Vidyartha College</a></li> <li>Viharamahadevi Girls College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wariyapola_Sri_Sumangala_College" title="Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College">Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Tertiary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The country's second-oldest university, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Peradeniya" title="University of Peradeniya">University of Peradeniya</a> is situated in <a href="/wiki/Peradeniya" title="Peradeniya">Peradeniya</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Open_University_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Open University of Sri Lanka">Open University of Sri Lanka</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Institute_of_Information_Technology" title="Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology">Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology</a>, the National Institute of Business Management and the College of Technology have centres in the city. Most of the private-sector higher educational institutions also have their branches in Kandy.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Geology Department at the University of Peradeniya is the only earth science department in Sri Lanka. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Culture of Sri Lanka">Culture of Sri Lanka</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title category" style="font-size:125%;">Sacred City of Kandy</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="padding:0.2em;background:#0177d3;font-size:100%;"><a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: inherit;">UNESCO World Heritage Site</span></a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid;padding-top:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/220px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/330px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg/440px-SL_Kandy_asv2020-01_img33_Sacred_Tooth_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7228" data-file-height="3614" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: iv, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/450">450</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1988 (12th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leisure_and_entertainment">Leisure and entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Leisure and entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/220px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/330px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg/440px-Sri_lanka_kandy_esala_perahera.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3712" data-file-height="5568" /></a><figcaption>Esala Perahera is the prominent cultural event of the city</figcaption></figure> <p>Kandyans do many things for leisure and entertainment in the city. Kandy is popular due to the annual <a href="/wiki/Procession" title="Procession">procession</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Esala_Perahera" class="mw-redirect" title="Esala Perahera">Esala Perahera</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in which one of the inner caskets used for covering the tooth relic of Buddha is taken in a grand procession through the streets of the city. This casket is taken on a royal <a href="/wiki/Elephant" title="Elephant">tusker</a>. The procession includes traditional dancers and drummers, flag bearers of the provinces of the old Kandyan kingdom, the Nilames (<a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">lay</a> custodians of temples ) wearing their traditional dresses, torch-bearers, and also the grandly attired elephant. This ceremony which is annually held in the months of July or August attracts large crowds from all parts of the country and also many foreign tourists. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kandy_City_Centre" title="Kandy City Centre">Kandy City Centre</a> is commercial and shopping complex open in 2005<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at Dalada Veediya.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the most modern commercial complex in Kandy. The complex is studded with ultra-modern features, also incorporating the traditional architecture of Kandy during the medieval period of Sri Lanka. The city centre is host to several leading banks, a fully equipped supermarket, modern restaurants, an entertainment zone including a 3-cinema complex, a well-designed state-of-the-art food court, Sri Lanka's leading bookshop, flora, and an Ayurveda site. There is a five-level car park outside managed separately by the Kandy Municipal Council and is the largest car park in Kandy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature,_film_and_television"><span id="Literature.2C_film_and_television"></span>Literature, film and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Literature, film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of the 1984 film <i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom" title="Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a></i> was shot in Kandy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Sport in Central Province, Sri Lanka">Sport in Central Province, Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Sport in Sri Lanka">Sport in Sri Lanka</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg/220px-Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg/330px-Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg/440px-Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium_Main_pavilion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="1575" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium" title="Pallekele International Cricket Stadium">Pallekele International Cricket Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kandy has produced national-level competitors in a wide range of sports, including <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swimming" title="Swimming">swimming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a>, athletics, table tennis, boxing, basketball, golf, and even baseball, which has only been introduced into Kandy recently. Kandy has produced national captains of cricket and rugby and athletes that play at the highest level of all sports. </p><p>Unlike the rest of the country <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby</a> is the most popular sport in the region. This is because of the local rugby union club, <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Sports_Club_(Rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandy Sports Club (Rugby)">Kandy Sports Club</a> being the reigning Club Rugby Champions in the national league for almost a decade, as well as the fondness and support the local schools treat the sport with. The <a href="/wiki/Singer_Sri_Lankan_Airlines_Rugby_7%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's">Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's</a> tournament is an annual international rugby union event held at the local <a href="/wiki/Bogambara_Stadium" title="Bogambara Stadium">Bogambara Stadium</a>, attracting nations from all over the world. </p><p>Cricket is widely played in Kandy with the city having three first-class teams in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier Trophy">Premier Trophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saracens_Sports_Club" title="Saracens Sports Club">Saracens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Cricket_Club" title="Kandy Cricket Club">Kandy Cricket Club</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Youth_Cricket_Club" title="Kandy Youth Cricket Club">Kandy Youth Cricket Club</a>, as well as being the main city for the <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Premier_League" title="Lanka Premier League">Lanka Premier League</a> side <a href="/wiki/Kandy_Falcons" title="Kandy Falcons">Kandy Falcons</a>. Kandy is host to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team" title="Sri Lanka national cricket team">Sri Lanka national cricket team</a> with two <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test status</a> grounds, <a href="/wiki/Asgiriya_Stadium" title="Asgiriya Stadium">Asgiriya International Stadium</a> and the newly built state-of-the-art <a href="/wiki/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium" title="Pallekele International Cricket Stadium">Pallekele International Cricket Stadium</a>. Both stadiums have held <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">World Cup</a> matches. Other cricket venues are Katugastota Oval (St.Anthony's College ground), Lake View ground at <a href="/wiki/Dharmaraja_College" title="Dharmaraja College">Dharmaraja College</a>, and Police ground Kandy. </p><p>Sports like <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> (the national sport of Sri Lanka), and <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> however have not taken off in Kandy as much as other sports, due to the lack of proper playing fields, funding, and support. <a href="/wiki/Cue_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Cue games">Cue games</a> like billiards and snooker have hardly anyone playing. However, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">table tennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">badminton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">swimming</a> are common due to the high participation of students and schools.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Kandy has a sister city relationship with: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>City </th> <th>Province </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phra_Nakhon_Si_Ayutthaya_(city)" title="Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (city)">Ayudhya</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Ayutthaya.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seal_Ayutthaya.png/25px-Seal_Ayutthaya.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seal_Ayutthaya.png/38px-Seal_Ayutthaya.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seal_Ayutthaya.png/50px-Seal_Ayutthaya.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Phra_Nakhon_Si_Ayutthaya_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province">Ayutthaya</a> </td> <td>2013<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> </td> <td>2015<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Esala_Perahera" class="mw-redirect" title="Esala Perahera">Esala Perahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kingdom of Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka">World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><i><b><small><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/48px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/64px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" 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"The Kings of Kandy" <i>History Today</i> (Dec 1963) 13#12 pp 852–862, covers 1505 to 1833.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeneviratna2008" class="citation book cs1">Seneviratna, Anuradha (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100810183519/http://www.vijithayapa.com/pdesc.php?id=24613"><i>The Kandy Asala Perahara</i></a>. Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-665-017-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-665-017-4"><bdi>978-955-665-017-4</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vijithayapa.com/pdesc.php?id=24613">the original</a> on 10 August 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Kandy+Asala+Perahara&rft.place=Sri+Lanka&rft.pub=Vijitha+Yapa+Publications&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-955-665-017-4&rft.aulast=Seneviratna&rft.aufirst=Anuradha&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vijithayapa.com%2Fpdesc.php%3Fid%3D24613&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKandy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeneviratna1999" class="citation book cs1">Seneviratna, Anuradha (1999). <i>World Heritage City of Kandy, Sri Lanka: Conservation and Development Plan</i>. Sri Lanka: Central Cultural Fund. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-613-126-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-613-126-0"><bdi>978-955-613-126-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+Heritage+City+of+Kandy%2C+Sri+Lanka%3A+Conservation+and+Development+Plan&rft.place=Sri+Lanka&rft.pub=Central+Cultural+Fund&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-955-613-126-0&rft.aulast=Seneviratna&rft.aufirst=Anuradha&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKandy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeneviratna2008" class="citation book cs1">Seneviratna, Anuradha (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716125120/http://www.srilankanbooks.com/pdesc.php?id=24684"><i>Gateway to Kandy – Ancient monuments in the central hills of Sri Lanka</i></a>. Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-665-031-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-665-031-0"><bdi>978-955-665-031-0</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.srilankanbooks.com/pdesc.php?id=24684">the original</a> on 16 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gateway+to+Kandy+%E2%80%93+Ancient+monuments+in+the+central+hills+of+Sri+Lanka&rft.place=Sri+Lanka&rft.pub=Vijitha+Yapa+Publications&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-955-665-031-0&rft.aulast=Seneviratna&rft.aufirst=Anuradha&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.srilankanbooks.com%2Fpdesc.php%3Fid%3D24684&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKandy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeneviratna2004" class="citation book cs1">Seneviratna, Channa (2004). <i>Kandy at War: Indigenous Military Resistance to European Expansion in Sri Lanka 1594–1818</i>. Manohar. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7304-547-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7304-547-9"><bdi>978-81-7304-547-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kandy+at+War%3A+Indigenous+Military+Resistance+to+European+Expansion+in+Sri+Lanka+1594%E2%80%931818&rft.pub=Manohar&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-81-7304-547-9&rft.aulast=Seneviratna&rft.aufirst=Channa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKandy" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Kandy Lake">Kandy Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy_Plateau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kandy Plateau (page does not exist)">Kandy Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_District" title="Kandy District">Kandy District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buildings and<br />landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Palace of Kandy">Royal Palace of Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Pavilion" title="President's 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Kandy" title="National Museum of Kandy">National Museum of Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth_Museum" title="Temple of the Tooth Museum">Temple of the Tooth Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Buddhist_Museum" title="International Buddhist Museum">International Buddhist Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Tea_Museum" title="Ceylon Tea Museum">Ceylon Tea Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.S._Senanayake_Memorial_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="D.S. Senanayake Memorial Public Library">D.S. Senanayake Memorial Public Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Parks and<br />Gardens</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Peradeniya" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya">Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wace_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Wace Park">Wace Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udawattakele_Forest_Reserve" title="Udawattakele Forest Reserve">Udawattakele Forest Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Hotels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Hotel,_Kandy" title="Queen's Hotel, Kandy">Queen's Hotel, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisse_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Suisse Hotel">Suisse Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helga%27s_Folly" title="Helga's Folly">Helga's Folly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_City_Centre" title="Kandy City Centre">Kandy City Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Peradeniya" title="University of Peradeniya">University of Peradeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools in Sri Lanka">List of schools in Kandy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teaching_Hospital,_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Teaching Hospital, Kandy">Teaching Hospital, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaching_Hospital,_Peradeniya" title="Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya">Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Esala_Perahera" title="Kandy Esala Perahera">Kandy Esala Perahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esala_Mangallaya" title="Esala Mangallaya">Esala Mangallaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">Relic of the tooth of the Buddha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Falcons" title="Kandy Falcons">Kandy Falcons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium" title="Pallekele International Cricket Stadium">Pallekele International Cricket Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgiriya_Stadium" title="Asgiriya Stadium">Asgiriya Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogambara_Stadium" title="Bogambara Stadium">Bogambara Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singer_Sri_Lankan_Airlines_Rugby_7%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's">Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Sports_Club_(rugby)" title="Kandy Sports Club (rugby)">Kandy Sports Club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Links_to_related_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Links_to_related_articles" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Links to related articles</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div 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<li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Peradeniya" title="University of Peradeniya">University of Peradeniya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_City_Centre" title="Kandy City Centre">Kandy City Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy_Municipal_Market&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kandy Municipal Market (page does not exist)">Kandy Municipal Market</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Mall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Mall (page does not exist)">Royal Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torrington_Shopping_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Torrington Shopping Complex (page does not exist)">Torrington Shopping Complex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bradby_Shield_Encounter" title="Bradby Shield Encounter">Bradby Shield Encounter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmaraja%E2%80%93Kingswood_Cricket_Encounter" title="Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter">Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esala_Mangallaya" title="Esala Mangallaya">Esala Mangallaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Esala_Perahera" title="Kandy Esala Perahera">Kandy Esala Perahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity-Antonian_Cricket_Encounter" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity-Antonian Cricket Encounter">Trinity-Antonian Cricket Encounter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public Galleries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D.S._Senanayake_Memorial_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="D.S. 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Senanayake Memorial Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Buddhist_Museum" title="International Buddhist Museum">International Buddhist Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Kandy" title="National Museum of Kandy">National Museum of Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">Relic of the tooth of the Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth_Museum" title="Temple of the Tooth Museum">Temple of the Tooth Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Tea_Museum" title="Ceylon Tea Museum">Ceylon Tea Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Volunteer_Battalion_Sri_Lanka_Sinha_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Volunteer Battalion Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (page does not exist)">2nd Volunteer Battalion Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgiri_Maha_Viharaya" title="Asgiri Maha Viharaya">Asgiri Maha Viharaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Publication_Society" title="Buddhist Publication Society">Buddhist Publication Society</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_Secretariat,_Kandy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District Secretariat, Kandy (page does not exist)">District Secretariat, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandy Post Office">General Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Fundamental_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Fundamental Studies">Institute of Fundamental Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Art_Association" title="Kandyan Art Association">Kandyan Art Association</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandy_Court_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kandy Court Complex (page does not exist)">Kandy Court Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Municipal_Council" title="Kandy Municipal Council">Kandy Municipal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malwathu_Maha_Viharaya" title="Malwathu Maha Viharaya">Malwathu Maha Viharaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Kandy">Mayor of Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="List of schools in Central Province, Sri Lanka">List of schools in Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hospital_(Teaching),_Kandy" title="National Hospital (Teaching), Kandy">National Hospital (Teaching), Kandy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Maha_Bodhi_Viharaya" title="Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya">Bahirawakanda temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogambara_Prison" title="Bogambara Prison">Bogambara Prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degaldoruwa_Raja_Maha_Vihara" title="Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara">Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Clock_Tower" title="Kandy Clock Tower">Kandy Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandy Post Office">Kandy Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Town_Hall" title="Kandy Town Hall">Kandy Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natha_Devale,_Kandy" title="Natha Devale, Kandy">Natha Devale, Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Pavilion" title="President's Pavilion">President's Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth" title="Temple of the Tooth">Sri Dalada Maligawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Kirk,_Kandy" title="Scots Kirk, Kandy">Scots Kirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Church,_Kandy" title="St. Paul's Church, Kandy">St. Paul's Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Chapel,_Kandy" title="Trinity College Chapel, Kandy">Trinity College Chapel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hotels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Citadel_Kandy" title="Cinnamon Citadel Kandy">Cinnamon Citadel Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Hotel,_Kandy" title="Empire Hotel, Kandy">Empire Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helga%27s_Folly" title="Helga's Folly">Helga's Folly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Suisse" title="Hotel Suisse">Hotel Suisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kandy_House" title="The Kandy House">The Kandy House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahaweli_Reach_Hotel" title="Mahaweli Reach Hotel">Mahaweli Reach Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Manor_House,_Kandy" title="The Manor House, Kandy">Manor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Hotel,_Kandy" title="Queen's Hotel, Kandy">Queen's Hotel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports Stadia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asgiriya_Stadium" title="Asgiriya Stadium">Asgiriya Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogambara_Stadium" title="Bogambara Stadium">Bogambara Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Garden_Club" title="Kandy Garden Club">Kandy Garden Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittawela_Rugby_Stadium" title="Nittawela Rugby Stadium">Nittawela Rugby Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallekele_International_Cricket_Stadium" title="Pallekele International Cricket Stadium">Pallekele International Cricket Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Rugby_Stadium" title="Trinity College Rugby Stadium">Trinity College Rugby Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Golf_Course" title="Victoria Golf Course">Victoria Golf and Country Resort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks/Spaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur%27s_Seat,_Kandy" title="Arthur's Seat, Kandy">Arthur's Seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Garrison_Cemetery" title="British Garrison Cemetery">British Garrison Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_War_Cemetery" title="Kandy War Cemetery">Kandy War Cemetery </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Highlands of Sri Lanka">Central Highlands of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Kandy</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galle" title="Galle">Galle</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura" title="Ratnapura">Ratnapura</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela,_Western_Province" title="Kaduwela, Western Province">Kaduwela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala-Mount_Lavinia" title="Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia">Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa" title="Moratuwa">Moratuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negombo" title="Negombo">Negombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmunai" title="Kalmunai">Kalmunai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matara,_Sri_Lanka" title="Matara, Sri Lanka">Matara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gampaha" title="Gampaha">Gampaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matale" title="Matale">Matale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkaraipattu" title="Akkaraipattu">Akkaraipattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandarawela" title="Bandarawela">Bandarawela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dambulla" title="Dambulla">Dambulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hambantota" title="Hambantota">Hambantota</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Urban_councils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Urban councils of Sri Lanka">Urban councils</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambalangoda" title="Ambalangoda">Ambalangoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ampara" title="Ampara">Ampara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balangoda" title="Balangoda">Balangoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beruwala" title="Beruwala">Beruwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boralesgamuwa" title="Boralesgamuwa">Boralesgamuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavakachcheri" title="Chavakachcheri">Chavakachcheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilaw" title="Chilaw">Chilaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embilipitiya" title="Embilipitiya">Embilipitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eravur" title="Eravur">Eravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gampola" title="Gampola">Gampola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haputale" title="Haputale">Haputale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatton,_Sri_Lanka" title="Hatton, Sri Lanka">Hatton</a>-<a href="/wiki/Dickoya" title="Dickoya">Dickoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikkaduwa" title="Hikkaduwa">Hikkaduwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horana" title="Horana">Horana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ja-Ela" title="Ja-Ela">Ja-Ela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadugannawa" title="Kadugannawa">Kadugannawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalutara" title="Kalutara">Kalutara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattankudy" title="Kattankudy">Kattankudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katunayake" title="Katunayake">Katunayake Seeduwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kegalle" title="Kegalle">Kegalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa" title="Kesbewa">Kesbewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinniya" title="Kinniya">Kinniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa" title="Kolonnawa">Kolonnawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuliyapitiya" title="Kuliyapitiya">Kuliyapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharagama" title="Maharagama">Maharagama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannar,_Sri_Lanka" title="Mannar, Sri Lanka">Mannar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minuwangoda" title="Minuwangoda">Minuwangoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawalapitiya" title="Nawalapitiya">Nawalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panadura" 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