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Sri Dalada Maligawa [a], commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because ...
President of the Hindu Council of Sri Lanka, Yogendra Duraiswamy stated that the Hindu Council is "deeply concerned at the cowardly attack perpetrated on the Dalada Maligawa, the holiest temple of the Buddhists in Sri Lanka." The then Archbishop of Colombo, Nicholas Marcus Fernando stated that no one in their normal senses would have thought of ...
Sri Dalada Maligawa Indi Raja ( c. 1980 : Sinhala : ඉන්දි රාජා ), also known as Indiraja , is an Indian elephant . [ 1 ] Indiraja is a main casket bearer of the Kandy Esala Perahera , an annual religious procession held to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha , at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy , Sri Lanka, in ...
The matters relating to the Dalada, Asgiriya, Malwatte, Devalaya, Nilames etc., were discussed at length in the British Cabinet in 1853 AD. The Duke of Newcastle , the Secretary of State for the Colonies wrote to Sir George Anderson , the Governor of Ceylon on 18 August 1853, as follows regarding the future custodian of Dalada and the election ...
In the late 1980s, the country was under a tense situation with two insurgencies ravaging both the northern and southern parts of Sri Lanka. [7] The first insurgency was the Sri Lankan Civil War initiated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and several other Tamil militant groups in 1983, who sought to create an independent Tamil state in northern and eastern parts of the country. [8]
The Kandy Esala Perahera (the Sri Dalada Perahara procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a festival held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This historical procession is held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. A unique symbol of Sri Lanka, the ...
Raja (Sinhala: රාජා ඇතා - Raja Atha) (also known as Maligawa Raja, 1913 - 16 July 1988) was a Sri Lankan tusker elephant belonging to the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. Raja participated at the annual Esala procession in Kandy for around 50 years and was the sacred casket bearer of the final Randoli perehera for 37 years. [1]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the visitor's book at the Dalada Maligawa, located within the Royal Palace premises. In addition to the main palace in Kandy, a constellation of palatial buildings adorned the historical landscape, each bearing its distinct aura.