Temple of the Tooth
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic | |
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தலதா மாளிகை | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Location | |
Location | Kandy |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Geographic coordinates | 7°17′38″N 80°38′19″E / 7.29389°N 80.63861°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy |
Completed | 1595 |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | (iv)(vi) |
Designated | 1988 |
Reference no. | 450 |
Website | |
http://www.sridaladamaligawa.lk |
Sri Dalada Maligawa
Bhikkhus of the two particular chapters, the Malwathu chapters and Asgiri chapters, conduct daily worship in the inner chamber of the temple. Rituals are performed three times daily: at dawn, at noon and in the evenings. On Wednesdays, there is a symbolic bathing of the relic with a herbal preparation made from scented water and fragrant flowers called Nanumura Mangallaya; this holy water is believed to contain healing powers and is distributed to those present.
The temple sustained damage from bombings by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in 1989, and by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1998. However, it was fully restored each time.
History
After the Maha parinirvana of
During the reign of
Attacks on the building
The temple was attacked in 1989 by the militant organisation Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP); it had the intention of capturing the relic.[5] And in 1998 by the militant organisation Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); this attack damaged the front side of the royal palace.
Architecture
The brick wall which runs along the moat and the Bogambara lake is known as the water waves wall.
The golden canopy over the main shrine and the golden fence which encircles the temple complex, was built in 1987 by then Prime Minister, Ranasinghe Premadasa.[8] The tooth relic is encased in seven golden caskets which are engraved with precious gemstones.[9] The casket represent a stupa; the procession casket which is used during the Kandy Esala Perahera is also displayed in the same chamber.
Associated buildings and structures
Royal Palace
The royal palace is situated to the north of the temple.
Audience hall
The audience hall or magul maduwa is where the Kandyan kings held their court.[12] It was completed during the reign of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha.[13] The carvings of the wooden pillars which support the wooden roof are an example of wood carving of the Kandyan period. Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha of Kandy built it in 1783. The hall was renovated for the reception of the arrival of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales in 1872. Originally the hall was 58 by 35.6 feet (17.7 m × 10.9 m); after renovation, its length was extended by an additional 31.6 feet (9.6 m).[14] Other nearby buildings to the halls are believed to have been demolished during the British rule. The audience hall was the venue where the Kandyan Convention was drawn up, it was where the convention was read out to the people and where the conference, about the convention, was held on 2 March 1815. That space was later used to erect the Kandy Kachcheri and Kandy Supreme Court. Today it is used for state ceremonies and conserved under the Department of Archaeology.
Mahamaluwa
Mahamaluwa is public who came to see the annual Esala perahera.
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See also
- Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
- Cetiya
- Constantino of Braganza
- Dāṭhavaṃsa
- Diyawadana Nilame (chief lay custodian)
- Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira
- Relics in Sri Lanka associated with Buddha
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Abeywardena 2004, p. 25
- ^ Brockman 2011, p. 561.
- ^ Seneviratna 1989, pp. 90–91
- ^ a b Seneviratna 1989, p. 92
- ^ Wickrematunge, Raine (2 December 2001). "I was a member of the JVP team that attacked the Dalada Maligawa" (Interview). Colombo: The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ a b Abeywardena 2004: p. 28
- ^ Seneviratna 1989: p. 93
- ^ Abeywardena 2004: p. 26
- ^ Seneviratna 1989: p. 94
- ^ a b Abeywardena 2004: p. 36
- ^ Seneviratna 1989: p. 73
- ^ Abeywardena 2004: p. 428
- ^ "Rootsweb.ancestry.com".
- ^ Seneviratna 1989: p. 87
Sources
- Abeywardena, H.A.P. (2004). Kandurata Praveniya (in Sinhala) (1st ed.). Colombo: ISBN 9789555750929.
- Seneviratna, Anuradha (1989). "Dalada Maligawa". In Vethara Mahinda Thera (ed.). Kanda Udarata Mahanuwara (in Sinhala) (Sinhala translation ed.). Colombo: Ministry of Cultural affairs (Sri Lanka).
- Siriweera, W. I. (2004). History of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4.
- Wijesooriya, S. (2006). A Concise Sinhala Mahavamsa. Kotte: Participatory Development Forum. ISBN 955-9140-31-0.
- Brockman, Nobert (2011). Encyclopedia of Sacred Places, Volume 1. ISBN 978-1598846546.
- McDaniel, Thomas (2018). Architects of Buddhist Leisure. University of Hawaii. ISBN 978-0824876753.
- Maduggalle, Sunil J. Raja, the Sri Dalada Maligawa Tusker.
Journals
- Lahiri, Latika (1974). "Ceylon and China: The Account of Ceylon in the Dynastic History of the T'ang Period". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 35: 388–391. JSTOR 44138805.