The Portugese shortened this to 'Candea', using the name for both the kingdom and its capital. In Sinhala, Kandy is called Maha Nuwara ... was taken prisoner by the British (1815) and sent to Vellore.

For dismantling the undefeated Kandyan Kingdom from 1505 to 1815 by intrigue and deception by entering in ... to have had only 3 English schools and they were also located in Kandy and Matale.

Fifty schools in Kandy town, and surrounding areas, will be closed for five days (21 April to 25 April), in view of the special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, which is scheduled to take place ...

Colombo, April 24 (Daily Mirror) - Kandy District Secretary Indika Udawatte today urged the public to avoid visiting Kandy for the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic until further notice, due to ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a ...

Kandy Municipal Health Officer Pasan Parakum Jayasinghe said yesterday (20) afternoon, the third day of the ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’, a special veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic, registrations had ...

Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the ...

KANDY - Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time ...

The ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’, a special veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic, will commence today (18) after 16 years. President Anura Kumara Disanayake, along with Ambassadors, High Commissioners and ...

Colombo, April 24 (Daily Mirror) - Kandy District Secretary Indika Udawatte today urged the public to avoid visiting Kandy to pay homage to the sacred tooth relic until further notice “Already ...

Travel direction from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya is and direction from Nuwara Eliya to Kandy is The map below shows the location of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. The blue line represents the straight line ...