Kandy

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World Heritage Site city former capital

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 ⓘ