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The Kandy Esala Perahera (the Sri Dalada Perahara procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a festival held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This historical procession is held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy .
This is a list of aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA). List of aircraft alphabetically by manufacturer. A. AAI/IAI RQ-2 ...
HMS Watchful, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth, (14 April 1942 – July 1945) HMS Westcliffe, Flotilla training, Southend; HMS Westcliffe II, Combined Operations holding base for RM landing craft personnel, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex; HMS Wildfire, Chatham, Kent; HMS Wildfire II (1939–1940), Combined Operations base, Sheerness
It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda or SLAF Katukurunda. [ 3 ] The airport is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of the town of Kalutara . [ 2 ]
Notable Diyawadana Nilames of the past. Diyawadana Nilame is the office of the chief lay custodian of the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka.Formerly an office of the royal household, at present it is the trustee for the Temple of the Tooth as defined by the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance of 1931. [1]
Kandy (Sinhala: මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced ⓘ [mahanuʋərə]; Tamil: கண்டி Kandy, pronounced ⓘ) is a major city located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy . [ 1 ]
The National Museum of Kandy in Kandy, Sri Lanka is located next to the Temple of the Tooth 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. A secondary exhibition is located in the main palace building.
In 1919 the association was incorporated as a public trust, and is now administered by the Government Agent of Kandy District and a management committee. In 1924 the association was relocated to its present location, [ 5 ] the former Kunam Maduwa (House of the Palanquins), [ 7 ] which housed the palanquins used by the Kandyan royal court.