Sacred City of Kandy

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The Sacred City of Kandy is a historic Sri Lankan royal capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for housing the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of Buddhism’s most venerated pilgrimage shrines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
alternateName Kandy Sacred City ⓘ
associatedDynasty Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
associatedEvent Esala Perahera ⓘ
associatedReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
associatedWith Sri Dalada Maligawa ⓘ
contains Asgiri Maha Viharaya ⓘ
Kandy Lake ⓘ
Kataragama Devale ⓘ
linked to: Kataragama

Malwathu Maha Viharaya ⓘ
Natha Devale ⓘ
Pattini Devale ⓘ
Royal Palace of Kandy ⓘ
Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
Vishnu Devale ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalRegion Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
formerRole last capital of the Sinhalese kings ⓘ
royal capital of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
governingBody Central Cultural Fund of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasPilgrimageFunction major Buddhist pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasTourismImportance major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasUrbanCore city of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandy
heritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist processions and rituals ⓘ
Temple of the Tooth Relic ⓘ
linked to: Temple of the Tooth

intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka ⓘ
traditional Kandyan architecture ⓘ
language Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandy District ⓘ
locatedOn Kandy plateau ⓘ
near Mahaweli River ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli Ganga
partOf Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka ⓘ
preserves urban layout of a late medieval royal capital ⓘ
protectionStatus nationally protected monument area of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
significance houses the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ
UNESCOSessionOfInscription 12th session of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 450 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Dalada Maligawa administration → associatedWith → UNESCO World Heritage Site Sacred City of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Kandy Lake → partOf → Sacred City of Kandy UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Sinhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka → majorSite → Kandy Sacred City ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Kandy lakefront area → hasLandmark → Royal Palace of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Kandy lakefront area → isPartOf → Kandy UNESCO World Heritage City core area ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Queens Palace → adjacentTo → royal palace of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Sacred City of Kandy → alternateName → Kandy Sacred City ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Natha Devale → locatedInComplex → Kandy temple complex ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy
Natha Devale → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf → Sacred City of Kandy ⓘ
Senkadagala → partOf → Sacred City of Kandy World Heritage property ⓘ
linked to: Sacred City of Kandy