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Kandy, byname Maha Nuwara ("Great City"), city in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of 1,640 feet (500 metres). It lies on the Mahaweli River on the shore of an artificial lake that was constructed
(1807) by the last Kandyan king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinha. Kanda, the word from which Kandy is derived, is a Sinhalese word meaning "hill"; from the city's initial construction, about 1480 CE, it was known as Kanda Uda Pas Rata ("Palace on Five Hills"). In 1592 it became the capital of the Sinhalese kings, who preserved their independence during the period of European colonial rule -except for temporary occupations by the Portuguese and the Dutch-until 1815, when the British ousted Sri Wickrama Rajasinha.
This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years until the occupation of Sri Lanka by the British in 1815. It is also the site of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (the sacred tooth of the Buddha), which is a famous pilgrimage site








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