Temple of the Tooth

Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in , Sri Lanka. It is located in the of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: Buddhist temple housing the relic of the tooth of Buddha
  • Also known as: “Media Bureau of Sri Dalada Maligawa”, “Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic”, “Templo del Diente de Buda”, “Шрі Далада Малігава”, “श्रि दलड् मलिगाव देवालय पुण्य दत्”, and “श्री डालडा मालीगांव पवित्र दाँत का मंदिर”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Royal Palace Complex of Kandy and International Buddhist Museum.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kandy and Mahaiyawa.

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Temple of the Tooth

Latitude
7.29452° or 7° 17′ 40″ north
Longitude
80.64167° or 80° 38′ 30″ east
Elevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)
Levels
1
Height
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
6MV27JVR+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 191377763
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7433633
Wiki­data ID
Q289175
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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: “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 दलदा मालीगाव”
  • Hungarian: “A fog temploma”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Gigi”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Gigi”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Dente”
  • Japanese: “ダラダー・マーリガーワ寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿಯ ದಂತ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
  • Korean: “불치사”
  • Malayalam: “ദളദ മാലിഗാവ”
  • Malayalam: “ശ്രീ ദളദാ മാളിഗാവ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dalada Maligava”
  • Norwegian: “Dalada Maligava”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਦਲਦਾ ਮਾਲੀਗਾਵ”
  • Portuguese: “Templo do Dente”
  • Russian: “Храм Зуба Будды”
  • Sanskrit: “दत् का देवालय”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාව”
  • Slovenian: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
  • Spanish: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
  • Swedish: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
  • Tamil: “தலதா மாளிகை”
  • Telugu: “దంత ఆలయం శ్రీలంక”
  • Thai: “วัดพระเขี้ยวแก้ว”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Зуба Будди”
  • Urdu: “شری دالدا مالی گاوا”
  • Urdu: “شری دَلَدا مالیگاوَہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sri Dalada Maligawa”
  • Welsh: “Y Deml o’r dannedd”

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