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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kandy canonical 63
Sacred City of Kandy 3
Kandy city 1

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 ⓘ
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 (69)

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

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → capital → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Sri Lanka → hasWorldHeritageSite → Kandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
Premier of Central Province → seat → Kandy ⓘ
Sinhalese people → historicalCapital → Kandy ⓘ
Kandyan massa → namedAfter → Kandy ⓘ
Kandyan Convention → location → Kandy ⓘ
Nayakkar dynasty → capital → Kandy ⓘ
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → capitalDuringReign → Kandy ⓘ
Temple of the Tooth → locatedIn → Kandy ⓘ
Udarata (Up-Country) → capitalCityHistorically → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
Udarata (Up-Country) → containsCity → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
Udarata (Up-Country) → administrativeCenterHistorical → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
Udarata (Up-Country) → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
South East Asia Command → headquarters → Kandy ⓘ
South East Asia Command → garrison → Kandy ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → partitionedInto → Kandy ⓘ
King of Kandy → positionHeldIn → Kandy ⓘ
King of Kandy → capital → Kandy ⓘ
King of Kandy → territoryIncludes → Kandy ⓘ
Central Province of Sri Lanka → capital → Kandy ⓘ
Central Province of Sri Lanka → containsCity → Kandy ⓘ
Central Province of Sri Lanka → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
Lectures from Colombo to Almora → hasPlaceOfSpeech → Kandy ⓘ
Independence Memorial Hall → inspiredBy → Kandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magul Maduwa, Kandy
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command → basedIn → Kandy ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → headquartersLocation → Kandy ⓘ
Fredrick de Silva → workLocation → Kandy ⓘ
Fredrick de Silva → residence → Kandy ⓘ
Fredrick de Silva → politicalTerritoryServed → Kandy ⓘ
M. G. Ramachandran → placeOfBirth → Kandy ⓘ
Sri Lankan Australian → regionOfOrigin → Kandy ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command → appliesToJurisdiction → Kandy ⓘ
Kandyan dance → region → Kandy ⓘ
Esala Perahera → city → Kandy ⓘ
Malays in Sri Lanka → notableSettlement → Kandy ⓘ
Kirti Sri Rajasinha → capital → Kandy ⓘ
Kirti Sri Rajasinha → deathPlace → Kandy ⓘ
Kandyan kings → capital → Kandy ⓘ
Kandyan Wars → significantPlace → Kandy ⓘ
House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) → governedFrom → Kandy ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Dinajara
Queen Venkata Rengammal Devi → residence → Kandy ⓘ
Sri Dalada Maligawa complex → locatedIn → Kandy ⓘ
Sri Dalada Maligawa complex → partOf → Kandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kandy city
Sri Dalada Maligawa administration → locatedIn → Kandy ⓘ
octagonal pavilion (Pattirippuwa) → locatedIn → Kandy ⓘ
Kandy Lake → locatedIn → Kandy ⓘ
Kandy Lake → locatedNear → Kandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kandy city center
Up-Country → contains → Kandy ⓘ
Up Country → hasCity → Kandy ⓘ
Matale → locatedNorthOf → Kandy ⓘ