Sri Dalada Maligawa is called as The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex which houses the Relic of the tooth of Buddha. Kandy was the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and is a UNESCO world heritage site partly due to the temple.
Dalada Maligawa the Temple of Tooth Relic is the most religious place of Sri Lankan Buddhists. They are worshiping there for the Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha. This is called the "Dalada" and in Sri Lanka the Dalada hold the greatest place. In the past Sri Lankans assume the King that who owns the Dalada.
Temple of the Tooth Library building
People come quietly to offer a prayer from behind the decorative fence, however there is very much more.
The hall is stunning with the gold elephants guarding each pillar between which are pictures telling the story from the retrieval of the tooth from the Buddha's funeral pyre, its journey to Sri Lanka, various kingdoms where it was held right through to its delivery into the hands of the Kandyan Kings and the coming of the British.
Hindu aspect
A glimpse of the tooth casket in a very busy hall where
many people were making their offerings and chanting.
many people were making their offerings and chanting.
Oldest ever Ola Leaf Book
One of the descriptive murals
