One of Sacred City in Sri Lanka popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura. It was the last capital of the ancient kings’ era of Sri Lanka. It is the second-largest city on the island and the capital of Central Province. Kandy is in the mountainous and thickly forested interior of the island. The city is located in between multiple mountain ranges including the Knuckles mountain range and the Hanthana Mountain Range, giving the city an e levation of 500 meters (1,600 ft) above sea level. The city has a relatively wetter and cooler temperatures than that of the tropical climate of the rest of the country, especially the coastal regions.

Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, where the left Canine tooth of Gautama Buddha is enshrined. It was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988. The Sacred relic was brought to Sri Lanka by Princess Hemamala & Prince Dantha from the city of Kalinga in ancient India, during the reign of King Keerthi Sri Meghavarna (Kithsirimevan 301 -328). The temple which carries a lot of value to Buddhists all over the world also has immense cultural value. The architecture, the unique Kandyan architectural style has used to build “Dalada Mandira” the shrines which housed the Sacred Tooth Relic previously in other kingdoms.

Ananda Thero was the chief personal attendant of living Lord Buddha. He had pure endless affection and immense respe ct towards Lord Buddha and dedicated his entire life being the personnel help to Lord Buddha. The Sacred left Canine Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha, which is housed at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy is being regarded as the living Lord Buddha. Therefore, poojas and rituals had been dedicated towards Lord Buddha, which was carried out by Ananda Thero back then. Today it has been carried out as Theva (Daily Services) which are led by the Maha Nayaka Theros of Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters and followed by the residing Maha Sanga of those temples who are dedicated to do the rituals.

There will be major festivals held at the Temple of the Tooth. It will name as Temple Perahera or the Esala Festival. The Esala festi val is considered to be the main festival of the palace. The specialty of this place is the holding of the ‘Dalada Perahera’. The Perahera of the four Maha Devalaya in Kandy joins the Dalada Perahera or the Esala Perahera. Esala Perahera at the Temple of the Tooth Relic will be named soon as a world heritage and an Intangible Heritage by the UNESCO.