Temple of the Tooth
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: Buddhist temple housing the relic of the tooth of Buddha
- Also known as: “Media Bureau of Sri Dalada Maligawa”, “Sri Dalada Maligawa”, and “Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Palace Complex of Kandy and International Buddhist Museum.
Royal Palace Complex of Kandy
Museum
The Royal Palace of Kandy, situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka, is a historical complex that served as the official residence for the monarchs of the Kingdom of Kandy until the advent of British colonial rule in 1815.
International Buddhist Museum
Museum
Photo: Felix Krohn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
International Buddhist Museum is the world's first International Buddhist Museum. It is located next to the National Museum of Kandy and Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kandy and Mahaiyawa.
Kandy
Kandy is in the centre of Sri Lanka 125 km away from Colombo and is generally recognised as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Asgiriya
Suburb
Asgiriya is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. There is a village named Asgiriya in Gampaha district as well, off Gampaha town, in Western Province.
Temple of the Tooth
- Categories: Buddhist temple and tourist attraction
- Location: Mahanuwara, Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.29451° or 7° 17′ 40″ northLongitude
80.64167° or 80° 38′ 30″ eastElevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)Levels
1Height
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
6MV27JVR+RMOpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Temple of the Tooth” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيري دالادا ماليجاوا”
- Assamese: “দাঁতৰ বুদ্ধ মন্দিৰ (শ্ৰীলংকা)”
- Assamese: “দাঁতৰ বুদ্ধ মন্দিৰ”
- Burmese: “စွယ်တော်ကျောင်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Temple de la Dent”
- Chinese: “佛牙寺”
- Czech: “Chrám Buddhova zubu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيرى دالادا ماليجاوا”
- Esperanto: “Templo de la Dento”
- French: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- French: “temple de la Dent”
- French: “Temple de la Dent”
- Georgian: “ბუდას კბილის ტაძარი”
- German: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- Hebrew: “מקדש השן”
- Hindi: “दांत का मंदिर”
- Hindi: “श्री डालडा मालीगांव पवित्र दाँत का मंदिर”
- Hindi: “श्री दलदा मालीगाव”
- Hungarian: “A fog temploma”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Gigi”
- Japanese: “ダラダー・マーリガーワ寺院”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿಯ ದಂತ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
- Korean: “불치사”
- Malayalam: “ദളദ മാലിഗാവ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dalada Maligava”
- Norwegian: “Dalada Maligava”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਦਲਦਾ ਮਾਲੀਗਾਵ”
- Portuguese: “Templo do Dente”
- Russian: “Храм Зуба Будды”
- Sanskrit: “दत् का देवालय”
- Sanskrit: “श्रि दलड् मलिगाव देवालय पुण्य दत्”
- Sinhala: “ශ්රී දළදා මාළිගාව”
- Slovenian: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- Spanish: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- Spanish: “Templo del Diente de Buda”
- Swedish: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- Tamil: “தலதா மாளிகை”
- Telugu: “దంత ఆలయం శ్రీలంక”
- Thai: “วัดพระเขี้ยวแก้ว”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Зуба Будди”
- Ukrainian: “Шрі Далада Малігава”
- Urdu: “شری دالدا مالی گاوا”
- Vietnamese: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
- Welsh: “Y Deml o’r dannedd”
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