Temple of the Tooth

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Buddhist temple World Heritage Site component pilgrimage site religious building

The Temple of the Tooth is a sacred Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka, renowned for housing a revered relic believed to be a tooth of the Buddha and serving as a major pilgrimage and cultural site.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha 1
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic 1
Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ⓘ
World Heritage Site component ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
altName Sri Dalada Maligawa complex ⓘ
surface form: Sri Dalada Maligawa

Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
surface form: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
architecturalStyle Kandyan architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Esala Perahera ⓘ
surface form: Esala Perahera festival

Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Kandyan monarchy

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
associatedWithDynasty Kandyan kings ⓘ
cityRole spiritual center of Kandy ⓘ
contains Temple of the Tooth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of Kandyan cultural traditions ⓘ
venue for annual Esala Perahera procession ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
function pilgrimage center ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
relic shrine ⓘ
governingBody Buddhist clergy of the Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters ⓘ
Sri Dalada Maligawa administration ⓘ
hasPart Sri Dalada Maligawa complex ⓘ
hasStructure inner shrine housing the Tooth Relic ⓘ
moat and surrounding walls ⓘ
octagonal pavilion (Pattirippuwa) ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Sacred City of Kandy" ⓘ
locatedIn Kandy ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Central Province, Sri Lanka
locatedOn north side of Kandy Lake ⓘ
materialCulture Kandyan-era murals and woodwork ⓘ
nearbyFeature Kandy Lake ⓘ
pilgrimageReligion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
pilgrimageSeason Esala Perahera ⓘ
surface form: Esala month (July–August)
primaryRelic tooth relic of the Buddha ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
rituals daily puja ceremonies ⓘ
offerings to the Tooth Relic ⓘ
securityStatus heavily guarded religious site ⓘ
significance major pilgrimage destination ⓘ
one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka ⓘ
symbol of Sri Lankan Buddhist identity ⓘ
symbolism legitimacy of royal authority in historical Sri Lanka ⓘ
tourismAttraction major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka ⓘ
unescoWorldHeritageSiteSince 1988 ⓘ
visitorType international pilgrims ⓘ
local pilgrims ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Temple of the Tooth → altName → Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
Temple of the Tooth → contains → Temple of the Tooth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha
Udarata (Up-Country) → hasCulturalSite → Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
this entity surface form: Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa)
Kandy → hasLandmark → Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → hasSite → Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Kandy → knownFor → Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy