Kandy

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Kandy is a historic city in central Sri Lanka renowned for its cultural heritage, including the Temple of the Tooth and its role as a former royal stronghold.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sacred City of Kandy 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
city
former capital
capitalOf Central Province of Sri Lanka
surface form: Central Province
climate tropical rainforest climate
conqueredBy British Empire
country Sri Lanka
distanceFrom about 115 km from Colombo
elevation approximately 500 m
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
Sri Lankan Moors
Sri Lankan Tamils
governingBody Kandy Municipal Council
hasCulturalPractice Buddhist processions
Kandyan dance
hasFestival Esala Perahera
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasLandmark Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue
Kandy Lake
Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya
Sri Dalada Maligawa complex
surface form: Royal Palace of Kandy

Temple of the Tooth
hasTransport A1 highway NERFINISHED
Kandy railway station
hasUniversity University of Peradeniya
heritageDesignationYear 1988
historicalEra Kandyan Kingdom
surface form: Kandyan Kingdom period
knownFor Buddhist religious significance
Esala Perahera
surface form: Esala Perahera festival

Temple of the Tooth
cultural heritage
former royal stronghold
languageMajority Sinhala
locatedIn Central Province of Sri Lanka
surface form: Central Province

central Sri Lanka
locatedOnRiver Mahaweli River
partOf Kandy District
provinceCapital Central Province of Sri Lanka
surface form: Central Province
region Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
surface form: Hill Country of Sri Lanka
religionMajority Buddhism
secondaryLanguage English
Tamil
tourismAttraction Buddhist pilgrimage
colonial-era architecture
traditional Kandyan dance
UNESCOSiteType cultural
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
wasCapitalUntil 1815

Referenced by (19)

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

subject surface form: Udarata
King of Kandy capital Kandy
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Nayakkar dynasty capital Kandy
subject surface form: Udarata
subject surface form: Udarata
subject surface form: Udarata
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
Kandyan massa namedAfter Kandy