Sacred City of Kandy

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Buddhist pilgrimage site UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city

The Sacred City of Kandy is a historic Sri Lankan royal capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for housing the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of Buddhism’s most venerated pilgrimage shrines.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sacred City of Kandy UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Sacred City of Kandy	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic city ⓘ
alternateName	Kandy Sacred City NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedEvent	Esala Perahera NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedReligion	Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Sri Dalada Maligawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Asgiri Maha Viharaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandy Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Kataragama Devale NERFINISHED ⓘ Malwathu Maha Viharaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Natha Devale NERFINISHED ⓘ Pattini Devale NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Palace of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of the Tooth NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Devale NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalRegion	Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerRole	last capital of the Sinhalese kings ⓘ royal capital of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
governingBody	Central Cultural Fund of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPilgrimageFunction	major Buddhist pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasTourismImportance	major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasUrbanCore	city of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCriteria	(iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1988 ⓘ
knownFor	Buddhist processions and rituals ⓘ Temple of the Tooth Relic NERFINISHED ⓘ intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka ⓘ traditional Kandyan architecture ⓘ
language	Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandy District NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Kandy plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Mahaweli River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
preserves	urban layout of a late medieval royal capital ⓘ
protectionStatus	nationally protected monument area of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	houses the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ
UNESCOSessionOfInscription	12th session of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	450 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Dalada Maligawa administration → associatedWith → Sacred City of Kandy ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Sacred City of Kandy

octagonal pavilion (Pattirippuwa) → isPartOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Sacred City of Kandy ⓘ

Kandy Lake → partOf → Sacred City of Kandy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy UNESCO World Heritage Site