Kandy

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Kandy

Total population

125,000

Coordinates7.29°, 80.64°

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kandy 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. The city is situated in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau. Kandy is the administrative capital of the Central Province, and considered as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka, due to its architectural heritage. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of the most important places of the Buddhist world. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Historically the local Buddhist rulers resisted Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial expansion and occupation.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M. G. Ramachandran

film actor, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1917 – 1987)

Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Thilini Jayasinghe

badminton player

Dharmasena Pathiraja

sri lankan film director and screenwriter (1943-2018)

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Christopher Ondaatje

Businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer

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Godwin Samararatne

Sri Lankan Buddhist teacher (1932-2000)

Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin

British doctor and soldier (1871—1960)

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Chamara Kapugedera

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Pubudu Dassanayake

Sri Lankan cricketer

Swami Murugesu

Sri Lankan spiritual teacher (1933–2007)

Ranjan Madugalle

Sri Lankan cricketer

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A. C. M. Lafir

cricketer

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A. E. Goonesinha

Sri Lankan politician (1891-1967)

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Aslam Fazly Laphir

Sri Lankan army officer

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Amarasiri Kalansuriya

Sri Lankan actor

Anne-Marie Mediwake

Canadian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central

• Lewella
  1.6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Ampitiya
  2.8 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Wathuwala
  3.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Madawala
  3.6 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Thunkandura
  4.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Jambugahapitiya
  4.6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Angunawala
  4.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Talatuoya
  4.8 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Koshinna
  5 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Aladeniya
  5.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Doragamuwa
  5.3 mi away · pop. 2,500
• Medawala
  6.5 mi away · pop. 15,000

Browse all places in Central →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kandy

Sri Kandi bangsaku

Indonesia. Badan Pembina Pahlawan Pusat. · 1974

Gateway to Kandy

Anuradha Seneviratna · 2008

Kandy

T. K. N. P. De Silva · 1988

Kandy Project

P. L. Prematilleke · 1983

Temple of the Tooth, Kandy

T. K. N. P. De Silva · 1985

Temple of the tooth, Kandy

T.K.N.P De Silva

World Heritage City of Kandy - Sri Lanka ; Conservation and Development Plan

Anuradha Seneviratan · 1999

Kandy, past and present, 1474-1998 A.D

Nihal Karunaratna · 1999

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Kandy, sourced from Wikidata.

• Esala Perahera

  holiday

  festival held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Source: Wikidata (CC0).