{"id":139841,"date":"2024-08-04T17:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=139841"},"modified":"2024-08-04T17:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:17:41","slug":"grand-festival-in-kandy-by-mahil-wijesinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/grand-festival-in-kandy-by-mahil-wijesinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand festival in Kandy-by  MAHIL WIJESINGHE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grand festival in Kandy-by MAHIL WIJESINGHE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19-Grand-01.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundayobserver<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49618 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tag-SO-BY-MahilW-2.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Protected by nature by the surrounding hills, looped by the Mahaweli Ganga and blessed by natural beauty, the Kandy city which has a history of over three centuries, had gained fame due to the location of the most revered temple of the Buddhists, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is noted for the ancient lake at the centre and salubrious climate. Kandy has been declared a World Heritage City by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The month of August is Kandy\u2019s moment of glory. It is the best time of the year to be in Kandy, to take on a journey of cultural discovery as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic celebrates its annual street parade, a time of jubilation as the city comes alive with colour from August 10-20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19-Grand-02.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Esala Perahera<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Esala Perahera in Kandy is one of the most wonderful events in Sri Lanka. It takes place for ten nights each year, just before the full moon in August, boasting an astounding procession of elephants bedecked in silk, brocade or velvet, harnessed in gold, silver and precious stones, mounted by the highest dignitaries from the ministries in traditional costumes, preceded and followed by marvellous Kandyan dancers in rich costumes of pearls in honour of the Buddha\u2019s tooth relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Sacred Tooth Relic is carried by the largest of the elephants in a golden coffer where it sits upon a golden lotus leaf, with a lock of golden hair in memory of its arrival in Princess Hemamala\u2019s hair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To a background of drum beats, gong strokes and clashing cymbals, the enchanting name of Kandy rings out. Each day, at sunrise, at 11 am or 6 pm, the chanting in the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic can be heard where a cohort of the faithful, pilgrims and visitors enter with a lotus flower in their hands to bow before the precious relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kandy was the last royal capital on the island. It is still Sri Lanka\u2019s religious capital. It has possessed the Sacred Tooth Relic since 1590. The Sacred Tooth Relic, of course, reached the island far earlier in 311 A. D., carried in the hair of an Indian princess, Hemamala. It had been kept for its protection and public veneration in its beautiful temples in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Seethavaka and all the successive and fugitive capitals of the Sinhala kings. Sometimes it had to be hidden in the forests, in caves and even in grinding stones to protect it from invaders and colonisers such as Portuguese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For many years, it was a symbol of royal Sinhala power. Today, it represents the Buddhist fervour of the Sinhala people. This is in keeping with Kandy itself which was the heart of the resistance movement during the Portuguese, Dutch and British colonisation and was the last kingdom of the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The first thing to do in Kandy is to visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. In the evening, this visit to the temple, illuminated with thousands of lights is magical. There is a captivating slow movement, like a prayer which rises, towards the room where the Sacred Tooth Relic is on display in the seven golden receptacles shaped like dagabas. Drummers and flute players strike the rhythm of this traditional procession while women on their knees, hands together at their foreheads, recite sacred texts in front of the Sacred Tooth Relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19-Grand-03.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the octagonal shaped corner pavilion \u2013 Pattirippuwa, facing the Kandy Lake, built by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha in the beginning of the 19th century to view the pageant and address the people, there is an outstanding library belonging to the bhikkhus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic features elegant architecture, standing proud above ditches and canals; its raised roofs, its galleries of sculptured columns, its enormous tabernacle of sculptured wood, its many buildings where the bhikkhus live and work, are particularly noteworthy. It is true that the Sinhala sovereigns made a point of embellishing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic was part of the royal palace built by King Wimaladharmasuriya the first in the 16th century; it was destroyed by the Portuguese, then rebuilt and enlarged by King Kirti Sri Rajasinha in the 18th century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Archaeological museum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The king and queen each had their own palaces in this enclosure. The king\u2019s have become an archaeological museum. The queen\u2019s, on a hill overlooking the lake, with perforated wooden galleries and many rooms has been transformed into a national museum; it contains a wealth of souvenirs of the last kings of Kandy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In Kandy, four other temples are extremely important with respect to religion although they are dedicated to Hindu divinities; they are, nevertheless, honoured by the Buddhists: the Pattini Devale stands just in front the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic where Pattini, the goddess of chastity and health is venerated. Alongside, the Natha Devale, the oldest of these temples built in the 8th and 9th centuries is the Mahayana centre of worship for Natha. The Maha Vishnu Devale, also close to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is devoted to Upulvan, the name given to Vishnu by the Buddhists while a little farther on stands the Kataragama Devale, the sanctuary of the god of victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">These four devalas also participate in the great Esala Perahera procession with their own cortege of elephants, dancers and musicians. The procession is particularly grandiose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Summer palace<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2024\/08\/04\/news-features\/29338\/grand-festival-in-kandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19-Grand-04.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Kandy Lake, dating back only to 1807 is enchanting. The British built a walk around it, an opportunity to admire the superb landscape and the adorable island where King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha had a summer palace built for his harem and which is now a flower garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Around the lake are a succession of Kandy-style architecture buildings, like the Malwatta monastery, the oldest religious building in the area, existing from the 14th century and the ancient colonial residences which have been transformed into the elegant hotels such as Queen\u2019s Hotel and Swiss Hotel in an extraordinary setting. But it is also worth climbing onto the hills to gain a complete view of the town in its setting of greenery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">If you want to experience the real essence of Kandy, you must come during the Esala Perahera, which in 2024 falls between August 10-20, when the majesty of Kandy\u2019s past is paraded in a spectacular all-dancing, all-drumming festival culminating on the full moon Poya day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand festival in Kandy-by MAHIL WIJESINGHE 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