About The Royal City of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Kandy is the Sri Lanka’s hill capital(488 metres above sea level), Capital of Central Province, and the most beautiful cultural city. The city was born in the 14th century and became the capital of the Kandyan Kingdom in the 16th century. Kandy was the capital of a Sinhalese kingdom from 1592 to 1815, when it became one of the last sections of the island to be annexed by the British as part of colonial Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

This beautiful city, with its hills and valleys, rivers, lakes and cascading waterfalls around the hills. The Mahaweli River is in the Kandy Plateau. It is one of the island nation’s largest cities and the economic focus of the tea-producing central highlands.

There are numerous shrines and temples in and around Kandy, where you will see rare paintings, frescoes, and stone carvings. Kandy is an exiting place for shopping, with souvenirs in wood, copper, silver, brass, ebony, and bronze.

The Kandy Esala Perahara is a vivid portrayal of the traditional Sinhala cultural values that has attracted millions of tourists worldover.