{"id":142521,"date":"2024-09-29T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=142521"},"modified":"2024-09-29T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T16:17:27","slug":"sacred-city-of-kandy-is-fast-losing-its-significance-by-l-b-senarathne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sacred-city-of-kandy-is-fast-losing-its-significance-by-l-b-senarathne\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred City of Kandy is fast losing its significance-by L.B Senarathne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sacred City of Kandy is fast losing its significance-by L.B Senarathne<\/span><\/h2>\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.dailymirror.lk\/news-features\/Sacred-City-of-Kandy-is-fast-losing-its-significance\/131-292479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/news-features\/Sacred-City-of-Kandy-is-fast-losing-its-significance\/131-292479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49618 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_8540d903c4.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">No maintenance and conservation of historical monuments<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The protected monuments and the \u2018Sacred City\u2019 concept\u00a0 of the historic Kandy city are in danger today due to negligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A classic example is the \u2018Coffee Planters\u2019 Fountain\u2019\u00a0 in the precincts of the Paththini Devale and in front of the DFCC Bank which is also housed in a \u2018Heritage City\u2019 declared building. There are only five such fountains in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The \u2018cherubs\u2019 or chubby children wrestling with small crocodiles in this fountain erected in 1875 have been damaged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This fountain has been declared a protected monument by the Antiquities Act in 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The fountain was a gift to the Prince of Wales in 1875 by the eldest son of Queen Victoria who became King Alfred VII in 1902. It was presented during the time of coffee plantation in the country. The fountain was made with parts brought down from the Glasgow Sun Foundry of George Smith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Local craftsmen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The fountain was erected by local craftsmen in time for the arrival of the Prince of Wales on December 3, 1875.\u00a0 Two Sinhala pioneering newspapers of the day gave a vivid account of the fountain and the visit of the Prince to the Dalada Maligawa for a special exposition of the Sacred Relic and honouring of Sir William Gregory as a Knight at the\u00a0 Kandy Audience Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The fountain was decaying as much as the four other fountains of the same design in Scotland, Lahore, Isle of Man and in another country. All were rehabilitated over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Restoration of the fountain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Since the fountain was in front of the DFCC Bank, the then Mayor Mahindra Ratwatte requested the DFCC Bank to help in the restoration of the fountain. They undertook to rehabilitate the fountain at his request with the assistance of local craftsmen and handed it over to the Kandy Municipality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thereafter, the fountain came under regular elephant attacks during the Kandy Esala perahera.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The mahouts were prohibited from using the water to bathe elephants. But, it seems the Kandy Municipality has not taken due precautions for the conservation and protection of this monument though they are within the UNESCO Heritage City Concept.\u00a0 The irony is that the Kandy Municipality has not been able for nearly fifteen years to proceed with an Act for the Heritage Committee. When asked the usual reply is that it is with the legal draftsman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is no wonder that the original Heritage Committee \u2018Diploma\u2019 was signed by the late Shelton Ranaraja in France while the Mayor of Kandy was sleeping. Late Shelton Ranaraja who participated in the conference stood up for the Mayor.\u00a0 This shows how much attention has been paid to protect the historical city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Today, one could question whether Kandy could be called\u00a0 a Historical City as all its ancient buildings have been destroyed by entities with vested interest and\u00a0 the traffic congestion in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">With the dissolution of the Council a Heritage Committee has not been appointed. Currently, only one officer is there and he is unable to make decisions. A number of violations have been reported but no action has\u00a0 been forthcoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The situation is going from bad to worse as there is no committee set up at the Kandy Municipality for ratepayers to air their views or complaints.<\/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>Sacred City of Kandy is fast losing its significance-by L.B Senarathne Source:Dailymirror No maintenance and conservation of historical monuments The protected monuments and the \u2018Sacred City\u2019 concept\u00a0 of the historic Kandy city are in danger today due to negligence. 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