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Sri Dalada Maligawa
Buddhist temple
Large temple featuring rituals & services around the sacred Tooth Relic, the canine tooth of Buddha.
4.70 (27.1K reviews)
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Sacred City of Kandy
Historical landmark
👍👍 The temple of the sacred tooth relic is a must visit place if you're in Kandy. It's a World heritage site, and important place of worship for the Buddhists. One tooth of Buddha is worshipped here and there is a long history how it has been moved from place to place. There is a museum within the co...
4.70 (13.7K reviews)
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Embekka Dewalaya
Historical landmark
Hindu temple built between the 14th & 15th centuries, featuring ornately carved wooden pillars.
4.50 (1.5K reviews)
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Raksagala - Kinihira Kanda
Historical landmark
👍👍 exploresrilanka The northwest edge ❤️ of the second highest mountain in Dolosbage Raxagala 🙏.
Perched in solitude at one end of the stack of rocks on Raxagala or Kinihira Kanda is this lone boulder, facing East. The sun rises with a hint of golden rays touching side of it's face 👹⛰ ⚠️ Not suitabl...
4.80 (96 reviews)
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Seetha Kotuwa
Historical place
👍 Seetha Kotuwa
Seetha Kotuwa lies at Gurulupotha in Kandy district in the central province in Sri Lanka.
To get to this archeological site, you have to travel about 5Km from Hasalaka town towards Kandy then you can see the Name board at the Gurulupotha rest house on your right. You have to park your...
4.40 (163 reviews)
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Balumgala (බැලුම්ගල)
Historical landmark
👍👍 Bestest view is up top. It’s an easy walk right from the Kadugannawa bus top. If you are a nature lover this is definitely your spot to pay a visit. Well hiking up top through the forest is such a vibe. Belumgala rock gives amazing views of the entire Kadugannawa valley. There is another small rock...
4.60 (97 reviews)
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Kengalla Ambalama
Historical place
👍👍 A historical structure built by a south Indian businessman belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty in early 1900. The place is a resting place for travellers on the adjacent road.
Now, the place stays without much attention in the heart of the Kengalla town and is being ignored most of the times.
4.20 (237 reviews)
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Sri dalada maligawa Pattirippuwa
Historical landmark
👍👍 This wonderful piece of perfect architecture which was originally a part of the Royal Palace of the Kandyan kingdom is now a part of the Sri Dalada Maligawa and stores a vast valuable heritage of ancient books, scripts on ola leaf.
Paththirippuwa (පත්තිරිප්පුව) or the octagonal pavilion was built i...
4.80 (61 reviews)
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Anniewatta Tunnel
Historical landmark
👍👍 One of the oldest tunnel build in Colonial era.Located very close to Kandy town ( around 500M from Dodamwala Junction).
There is a hight limit so very tall vehicles can't travel though the tunnel.
You can walk through tunnel. It is bit dark and cool environment with drops of ice cold water dropping...
4.30 (152 reviews)
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Nittawela Tunnel
Historical landmark
👍👍 The place where Nittawela road off from Kandy-Jafna road
4.00 (321 reviews)
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Old Teldeniya town
Historical landmark
👍👍 This is a super cool place for photo shots. I mean that was splendid. No words to describe that. The best time is 6.00 in the morning or after 4.00 at the evening. Noon is not really a good idea because the sun burns everything that time. Cant tolerate that tough sunlight. The best thing is if you s...
4.60 (41 reviews)
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Magul Maduwa Audience Hall
Historical landmark
👍 This is the place where the King and the ministers gather to take decisions.. Also known as ‘Royal Audience Hall’.. This was built in 1783 still remains in good condition..
4.70 (32 reviews)
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Queen's Royal Bath (උල්පැන් ගෙය) 📸
Historical landmark
👍👍 This historical monument is the royal bath house where the spouses of Sri Wikrama Rajasinha, the last king of the Kandyan kingdom is said to have used this beautiful, perfectly preserved location for bathing purposes.
This premises is also said to have fresh water resources even before the adjacent...
4.10 (75 reviews)