After breakfast proceed to Kandy, Enrout visit Dambulla Cave Tempels evening do a City tour of Kandy including a visit to the temple of the Tooth relic. Overnight at Kandy
Dambulla rock temple, which was built by king Walagambahu in the 1st century B.C. Dambulla is a world heritage site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples. the complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world. the caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock and spanning 14 meters.
Kandy
116 kms from Colombo, in the foothills of the hill country, Kandy was the last capital of the Sinhalese Kings. The sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha is preserved for veneration at the Dalada Maligawa. Kandy is the venue of the annual Esala Perehera, one of the most colourful pageants in all Asia, held in honour of the Buddha's relic. The royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya have a wide and rare collection of tropical and temperate, exotic and indigenous flora, and an orchid house with the largest collection in Asia.
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