A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism
Ancient capital of Ceylon, 1592 to 1815. Contains the Temple of the Tooth (Dalada Maligawa), inner shrine of which contains the famous Tooth relic in a series of magnificently jewelled gold caskets. Kandy is scene of the Perahera annual procession in August, when the Relic is carried round the city on elephant-back in a long torchlight procession.
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