Sri Dalada Maligawa is located in Kandy and it is one of historically and politically valuable Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. Because, this holds the tooth relic of the lord Buddha. One of Indian prince named Dantha and his wife Hemamali smuggled the tooth relic from ancient city Kalinga and brought it to Sri Lanka and hand it over to Kirthi Sri Meghavanna, the king of Sri Lanka on the instruction of the Indian king Guhasiva. Since then here in Sri Lanka
, to govern the country the king must hold the tooth relic.
Esala perahara of the dalada maligawa is the other most important thing has caught the eyes of the tourists.
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