Kandy District
Kandy & Four Gravets Gangawata Division
Mahanuwara

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

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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  • Opening hours: 5:30 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple housing the relic of the tooth of Buddha
  • Also known as: “Sri Dalada Maligawa” and “Temple of the Tooth”
  • Address: Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Kandy and Royal Palace Complex of Kandy.

Museum
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in , is located next to the in part of the former Royal Palace of Kandy. The primary exhibits are housed in the Palle Vahala building, which was the former home of the King's harem.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Royal Palace of Kandy, situated in , , 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. is situated 130 metres north of Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

Museum
Photo: Felix Krohn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the world's first . It is located next to the and in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kandy and Mahaiyawa.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is in the centre of 125 km away from Colombo and is generally recognised as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Suburb
is a village in . It is located within .

Suburb
is a village in . It is located within . There is a village named in Gampaha district as well, off Gampaha town, in .

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Latitude
7.29359° or 7° 17′ 37″ north
Longitude
80.64136° or 80° 38′ 29″ east
Open location code
6MV27JVR+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 191377765
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q289175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic” 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”
  • German: “Zahntempel”
  • 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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Highlights include Middle Palace and Raja Museum.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.