Dalal Maligawa - this is called the temple city of Kandy. His age is about two hundred and fifty years.
octagonal tower in the heart of the temple. That it is "sacred tooth" of Buddha. Near the store relics are the Buddhist stupas which are on the island of Sri Lanka called the "Dagobah." The walls and ceiling of the temple are decorated with frescoes, which hit its luxury and magnificence. In these frescoes depict artistically the most important moments in the life of Gautama Buddha, as well as all its incarnations twenty-four.
In 371, the "sacred tooth of Buddha" was brought by an Indian princess on the island of Sri Lanka. A holy relic of the year was stored Buddhists in his homeland in India for centuries. However, when the king of Kalinga repeatedly defeated in the war, he decided to send a sacred relic preservation of the island of Sri Lanka. Since then the shrine did not leave the island.
From "Sacred Tooth of Buddha," connected with lots of stories and legends. It is believed that his magic power can rule the world. That is why the shrine passed down from generation to generation, a royal dynasty. Before the seventeenth century to the sacred relic in Kandy temple was built, the tooth had to go back in two cities - and Anaurdhapur Polonnaurvu.
Today Dalal Maligawa - a place of pilgrimage for tens of thousands of Buddhists. According to legend, in the sixteenth century, the tooth was destroyed by the Portuguese, who landed in Ceylon and captured the city of Kandy. However, the tooth is a marvelous way revived and became an object of worship of all Buddhists.
only once a year during carnival, "The Sacred Tooth of Buddha," leaving the walls of his temple.
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