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    Sri Dalada Maligawa (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාව), commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri...
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    Kandy (redirect from Kandy, Sri Lanka)
    Central Province. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa), one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world...
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    to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. A unique symbol of Sri Lanka, the procession consists of traditional local...
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    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...
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    by the last King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe in 1802, handed over to the Sri Dalada Maligawa Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sri Vikrama Rajasinha...
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  • 1998 attack on the Buddhist shrine, and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy that killed 8 worshippers. The attack was symbolic in that...
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    of the temple. The temple was opposed by the senior monks of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic), claiming it would overshadow...
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    Nissanka Wijeyeratne (category Justice ministers of Sri Lanka)
    tenure as Diyawadana Nilame, he introduced administrative methods to Sri Dalada Maligawa and established the Gold Museum, and re-organised the Kandy Perahera...
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    Golden Canopy of the Temple of the Tooth (category 1987 establishments in Sri Lanka)
    Relic of the tooth of the Buddha, housed in the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) in Kandy Sri Lanka. In 1986 the Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa...
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    the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. It runs to Kandy, home of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha), before descending...
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    Diyawadana Nilame (category Buddhism in Sri Lanka)
    states man has the responsibility of overseeing of all aspects of the Sri Dalada Maligawa. He has the traditional duty of organizing the annual pageant, the...
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  • Asgiri Maha Viharaya (category Buddhist monasteries in Sri Lanka)
    holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. The chief incumbent of the Asgiri Maha Viharaya is the Mahanayaka...
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  • Pilimatalawa Malwathu Maha Viharaya, Kandy Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya, Kandy Temple of the Tooth [Sri Dalada Maligawa], Kandy Aluvihare Rock Temple, Matale Dambulla...
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  • 1998 - Parliament Complex - Sri Jayawardana Pura Kotte 2008 - Galle Face Green 2009 - Galle Face Green 2010 - Dalada Maligawa - Kandy 2011 - Katharagama...
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    museums in Sri Lanka Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Temple of the tooth, museum objects. "Sri Dalada Museum". Sri Dalada Maligawa. Retrieved...
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  • 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack (category Religious building bombings in Sri Lanka)
    sorrow on the extensive damage caused by terrorists to the sacred Sri Dalada Maligawa [Temple of the Tooth], which is held in deep veneration by the entirely...
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    and rabbit, mainly performing in the annual Perahara pageant in Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy. Pahatharata dance have a significant dancing style which is...
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  • Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Member of Parliament, Senator General Anuruddha Ratwatte, Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Government...
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    Paththirippuwa (category Sri Lanka articles missing geocoordinate data)
    over a year and was completed by August 1999. "Kandy Dalada maligawa". Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 23 February 2018. "A Painting on...
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  • Barnes Ratwatte (category Sri Lankan Buddhists)
    Kandy and Harris Leuke Ratwatte who was former Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. Educated at Trinity College, Kandy; Ratwatte married Rosalind...
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    Pradeep Nilanga Dela (category Sri Lankan Buddhists)
    නිලංග දෑල) is the present Diyawadana Nilame or Chief Custodian of Sri Dalada Maligawa and 19th Diyawadana Nilame. He acted as the Basnayake Nilame of Ruhunu...
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  • Chief Custodian of Services to the Sacred Tooth Relic at Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thera was appointed Chief Incumbent of Dambulla...
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    Malwathu Maha Viharaya (category Buddhist monasteries in Sri Lanka)
    holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. The chief incumbent of the Malwathu Maha Viharaya is the...
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  • (elephant) (died 1988), a Sri Lankan tusker elephant belonging to Sri Dalada Maligawa Heiyantuduwa Raja (1924–2002), a privately owned Sri Lankan tusker elephant...
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  • considered a guardian deity of Sri Lanka in Sri Lankan Buddhism and Sinhalese folklore. She is also worshipped by Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus by the name...
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    Neranjan Wijeyeratne (category Sri Lankan Buddhists)
    (known as Neranjan Wijeyeratne) is a Sri Lankan. He was Diyawadana Nilame (chief lay custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy for 20 years from 1985 to...
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    William Gopallawa (category Use Sri Lankan English from July 2022)
    non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka. Gopallawa served as...
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    British Garrison Cemetery (category Cemeteries in Sri Lanka)
    Cemetery in Kandy'. The cemetery is located within the land of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, the cemetery is maintained by the British while the Diyawadana Nilame...
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    in Kandy by the then Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Siyam Nikaya Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy Saga of a blissful...
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    India gifted a 16-feet high Buddha statue to Sri Lanka to be installed at the sacred Sri Dalada Maligawa temple at Kandy in 2010. Replica at the Luoyang...
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