A complete guide to Kandy: the last Sinhalese kingdom's fall in 1815, the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy Lake, and visiting tips.

A guide to Kandy Lake, built by the last king of Kandy in 1807: its dark construction history, the island retreat, walking the shore, and...

A guide to St Paul's Church in Kandy: its origins in the old Royal Audience Hall, Neo-Gothic architecture, its historic organ, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Kandy's four devales (Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama, Pattini): their history, hierarchy, and role in the Esala Perahera, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Malwatte Maha Viharaya in Kandy: its role as a guardian of the Tooth Relic, the Siyam Nikaya, its founding on a former...

A guide to the Kandy National Museum, housed in the former royal harem quarters: its 5,000+ artefacts, the 1815 Kandyan Convention document, visiting tips and...

A guide to the International Buddhist Museum in Kandy: first proposed in 1948, opened in 2011, its global exhibits, visiting tips and map.

A guide to the Bahiravakanda Buddha statue overlooking Kandy: the hill's dark legends, the temple's political controversy, visiting tips and map.

A guide to the British Garrison Cemetery in Kandy: its history, notable graves, the caretaker's stories, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Udawattekele Sanctuary in Kandy: the royal forest once forbidden to commoners, its wildlife, an 1803 massacre, visiting tips and map.