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  • Kandy Lake and the Temple of tooth relic captured from lake side

1. Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

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Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites
Admission tickets from A$31.85
By by ronaldf167
Since Kandy was the capital of ancient Sri lanka from 1592 to 1815, reigned by many great Kings.
  • Udawatte Kele - Backdrop for Temple of the Tooth

2. Udawattekele Sanctuary

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Nature & Wildlife Areas
By by KandyNick
It was a rainforest created and preserved by the British Colonials where the film Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed…
  • Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha Statue

3. Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha Statue

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Monuments & Statues
By by pratapv2017
This statue of Buddha is an imposing 88 feet located on a hillock 850 feet above sea level.
  • The Temple of the Tooth

4. Kandy View Point

915
Points of Interest & Landmarks
By by Maddu-Bandara
Kandy cultural show – Sri Lanka, a country rich with culture & tradition offers a very vibrant and unique show of Sri…
  • Graves

5. Kandy Garrison Cemetery

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Cemeteries
By by DakshithaLK
Behind the temple of tooth relic, lies this peaceful old cemetery of former British empire.
  • Lankatilake vihara

6. Lankatilaka Temple

265
Points of Interest & Landmarks
By by DiyanaArtemis
Located on the summit of rock in Udunuwara, Lankatilaka was formerly four storeys tall.

7. Ceylon Tea Museum

606
Speciality Museums
By by BillWeir
Set high in the hills of a working tea plantation, this massive former tea factory preserves historic processing…
  • Lake view from town

8. Kandy Lake

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Bodies of Water
By by sajithw2015
The Kandy Lake which is an artificial lake built more than 200 years ago.
  • New Ranweli Spice Garden Kandy

9. New Ranweli Spice Garden

460
Gardens
Open now
By by rgbob
They all show a multitude of spices in natural plant form and treat you to a wide variety of amazing concoctions…
  • cemetery

10. Kandy War Cemetery

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Cemeteries
By by TorontoMusicman
It contains the immaculately maintained plots of 203 soldiers from WW II, including South Africans, Indians, British…
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