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Kandy was founded at the end of the 15th century by a nobleman of the Singhalese court. There exist numerous legends about the foundation of the city, but there is also much evidence that the area was populated long before this foundation. Kandy is and has always been the center of singhalese nationalism. As defiant fortress in the mountains she successfuly resisted the Portuguese and the Dutch, and it took the English two decades to conquer Kandy, capturing the last Singhalese king and sending him to India into exile where he later died.

All Ceylon was then British colony and Kandy lost its role as capital but became, due to its situation on 500 m. above sea level a popular resort town of the new rulers. Later Kandy was the center of the coffee industry and after a fungus infection distroyed almost all coffee plantations, a center of the tea industry. The holy tooth temple where as a relic a tooth of the Lord Buddha is kept and venerated is the holiest shrine of the Singhalese Buddhism. No newly elected president of the country, party leader or any other dignitary can neglect to go immediately after his election or inauguration to Kandy for a visit to the temple of the holy tooth. Today Kandy is a city with the population of 160,000. In the heart of the city, close to a lovely littel lake, lies the holy tooth temple, which was the last palace of the Singhalese king. Kandy with its lake and nestled within green hills is a lovely place with a very special atmosphere.




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