{"id":53412,"date":"2020-11-28T02:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T02:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=53412"},"modified":"2020-11-28T02:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T02:49:39","slug":"spectacular-kandy-lake-centerpiece-of-kandy-city-by-arundathie-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/spectacular-kandy-lake-centerpiece-of-kandy-city-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City By Arundathie Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>By Arundathie Abeysinghe<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-49149 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Arundathie-Abeysinghe.jpg\" alt=\"Ms. Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"273\" height=\"247\" \/>Iconic Kandy Lake enhances the beauty of Kandy City with glistening waters during the day and illuminated waters with reflections of colorful lights of nearby buildings at night\u2026Abundant with avifauna, schools of fish swimming near the surface of the Lake\u2026 Many species of aquatic life near the shores\u2026 Trees providing a shady atmosphere to the shores of the Lake, some with colorful flowers dotted with different species of birds perched on branches\u2026 Kandy Lake is the centerpiece and greatest attraction in Kandy City, Sri Lanka\u2019s cultural capital\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kandy Lake is considered as the heart and soul of Kandy City, an iconic and spectacular landmark because of its central location and the splendor it adds to the City. Kandy Lake and the island in its center with a few trees including palm trees have been featured in many picture post cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The white-colored clouds wall (<em>walakulu bemma <\/em>in Sinhala) on two sides of the Lake adds glamour to the spectacular lake. This ancient artificial lake is built overlooking the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kandy Lake is an artificial lake that was built in 1807 under the patronage of King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha (reign 1798 \u2013 1815), the last ruler of the Kingdom of Kandy as well as Sri Lanka, to add glamour to Kandy City. Devendra Moolachariya is considered as the architect of Kandy Lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53414\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kandy-Lake-with-the-island-in-the-center.jpg\" alt=\"Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kandy Lake also known as <em>\u201cKiri Muhuda\u201d <\/em>(meaning Sea of Milk) was a stretch of paddy fields known as \u201cTigolwela\u201d before the lake was constructed. As there was an exquisite pond known as \u201c<em>Kiri Muhuda<\/em>\u201d in the site of the former paddy field, once the lake was completed, it was also known as \u201c<em>Kiri Muhuda<\/em>\u201d by locals. According to folklore, the lake had also been called \u201c<em>Bogambara Wewa<\/em>\u201d (meaning lake in Bogambara) by locals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Initially, a dam had been built under the patronage of King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha across the paddy field commencing from <em>Paththitipuwa<\/em> (octagon) of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. A roadway had been constructed across this dam for the king to visit *Malwattte <em>Viharaya <\/em>(Malwatte Temple). According to *Sir John D\u2019Oyley, the dam was constructed between 1810 -1812. Steps leading to the lake from the <em>Mahamaluwa<\/em> (Great Terrace) of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic are still visible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There is a small island in the lake known as <em>Diyatillake Mandapya<\/em>. The King had used this place as the Royal Summer House for relaxation. According to legends, this place had also been used by the Queen and the King\u2019s consorts for relaxation. During the British Colonial Era, the small building in the island had been used as an ammunition store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha also added the <em>Walakulu Bemma<\/em> (the clouds wall) around the lake and it is 630 meters long. According to folklore, he could not complete the clouds wall around the entire lake as the kingdom was conquered by colonizers and the fall of the Kingdom. <em>Walakulu Bemma<\/em> is an intricate wall built to resemble floating clouds. There are triangular shaped holes in this wall (clouds wall) which were used in the past to place oil lamps that were lit on festival days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Malwatte Temple is situated overlooking Kandy Lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Queen\u2019s Bathing Pavilion (<em>Ulpenge<\/em> in Sinhala) where the wives and concubines of King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe had used for bathing is situated partly in the waters of Kandy Lake. When the British captured the Kandyan Kingdom, they added another storey to the Building and used it as a library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The extent of the Lake is around 6545 square meters and the circumference is approximately three kilometers. The clouds wall measures approximately 634 meters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A stroll around the Lake is considered a favorite past time of visitors to Kandy during day time and it is a favorite place of relaxation for city dwellers. The pathway of Kandy Lake is filled with people from all walks of life; local and foreign tourists admiring the breathtaking site as well as relaxing breathing in the cool mountain air; school children on their way home after school, Kandy dwellers going about their lives and pavement hawkers selling food and toys. Hence, the path around the lake adds joie de vivre to the location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A favorite past time of visitors to Kandy City is going on a boat ride around the lake and feeding shoaling fish with pop corn that swarm near the wall of the clouds wall. The Lake is a sanctuary for fish. The trees around and above the Lake is a haven for many species of birds including kingfishers, cormorants and herons The Lake is a protected lake with fishing banned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53415\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tourists-enjoying-a-boat-ride-Kandy-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There is a small building near the clouds wall facing the small island where boats are parked and visitors can go on a boat ride hiring one of the boats and can sail in the lake towards the island although, access to the island is restricted. Yet, the breathtaking scenery above the lake surrounded by mountains and some buildings resembling fairy tale castles is very picturesque. The well-defined architecture of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and the golden canopy of the roof of the Temple are reflected on the still surface of the Lake, a breathtaking site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to legends, there is a tunnel which leads from the island of the Lake to the former Royal Palace of Kandy, situated within the premises of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic to Malwatte Temple on the opposite bank and the circular well in front of the Malwatte Temple which had been used during the Kandyan Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53416\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ducks-on-the-bank-of-Kandy-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Malwatte Temple <\/strong>&#8211; This temple is one of the two head temples of the *<em>Siyam Nikaya<\/em> sect of *Theravada Buddhism which holds the custodianship of the Temple of the sacred Tooth Relic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sir John D\u2019Oyley<\/strong> &#8211; The first Baronet (1774 \u2013 1824) was a British Colonial Administrator. Sir John D&#8217;Oyly arrived in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1801. He held several important positions in the British Administration. When he served as President of Matara Provincial Council, he studied Buddhism and oriental languages under the distinguished scholar Venerable Karatota Nayake Thera. He maintained an enormous record of his official duties in a systematically written diary well-known as \u201cD&#8217;Oyly&#8217;s Diary\u201d which was discovered in Kandy *Kachcheri. At present, this diary is preserved in Kandy Museum. In 1917, this diary was first issued as a special publication by the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Kachcheri<\/strong> &#8211; A Hindustani word initially used for the Revenue Collector\u2019s Office during the early period of British Colonial Era in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Siyam <em>Nikaya<\/em><\/strong> (Siyamopalior\u00a0Siyam) is a Buddhist monastic order in\u00a0Sri Lanka and named as Siyam <em>Nikaya<\/em> because it originated in\u00a0Thailand\u00a0(formerly known as the Kingdom of Siam). It is a leading Buddhist monastic fraternity and was founded by\u00a0Venerable Upali Thera. The monastic order has two major divisions, Malwatta and Asgiriya. Malwatta and Asgiriya chapters have two separate <em>Maha Nayakas<\/em> (Chief Monks).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Theravada Buddhism<\/strong> \u2013 This is a more conservative form of Buddhism (the other form is <em>Mahayana <\/em>Buddhism) which developed from <em>Hinayana<\/em> Buddhism (Sanskrit term literally meaning \u201csmall vehicle\u201d). <em>Hinayana<\/em> is the name given by followers of Mahayana Buddhism to the more conservative school of early Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka, Myanmar (former Burma), Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spectacular Kandy Lake \u2013 centerpiece of Kandy City By Arundathie Abeysinghe &nbsp; Iconic Kandy Lake enhances the beauty of Kandy City with glistening waters during the day and illuminated waters with reflections of colorful lights of nearby buildings at night\u2026Abundant with avifauna, schools of fish swimming near the surface of the Lake\u2026 Many species of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,29237],"tags":[29166,31039,31033,31037,31034,31042,31041,31040,31035,31036,29378,31038,31043],"class_list":{"0":"post-53412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-arundathie-abeysinghe","9":"tag-arundathie-abeysinghe","10":"tag-bogambara-wewa","11":"tag-kachcheri","12":"tag-kiri-muhuda","13":"tag-malwatte-temple","14":"tag-malwattte-viharaya","15":"tag-octagon","16":"tag-paththitipuwa","17":"tag-sir-john-doyley","18":"tag-siyam-nikaya","19":"tag-theravada-buddhism","20":"tag-tigolwela","21":"tag-walakulu-bemma","22":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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