Your base for exploring this tourist attraction is the ancient city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. For tourist information about Kandy, go to Kandy Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Sri Lanka, read also the Sri Lanka Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
Approaching the Dalada Maligawa.
The Pathirippuwa, or octagon, housing rare collections of Buddhist books.
There's a moat separating the temple from its outer compound.
A narrow passageway leads to the main sanctuary.
Intricate stencils in the ceiling design.
Temple dancers at the outer sanctuary.
Ornately embellished passageway at the outer sanctuary.
Staircase upstairs, to the inner sanctuary.
Elephant tusks guard the silver doorway to the Holy of Holies. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photographs when the door was opened. So I can only describe to you what I saw, which is lots of jewels covering what would be the tooth relic buried underneath.
Throngs of worshippers in the outer sanctuary.
Buddha statues in an outer shrine at the Dalada Maligawa.
The great hall behind the inner sanctuary.
The Pathirippuwa, or octagon, where rare Buddhist scriptures are stored.
AsiaExplorers members admiring the Buddhist books in the Pathirippuwa.
View of the fence at the lower sanctuary.
AsiaExplorers members enjoying a freshining up at the ablution pool after visiting the temple.
Kandy Travel Guide
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