A Photo Gallery of the sacred city of Kandyin central Sri LankaKandy 
is the English name for the city of Maha Nuvara (
Senkadagalapura )  in the centre of Sri Lanka.  It lies
amidst hills in the Kandy
Valley  which crosses an area of tropical, mainly tea, plantations.  With its
Temple of the ( Buddha's ) Tooth,  Kandy is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Kandy
lies at an altitude of about 500m above sea level 
       
      around an artificial lake and the administration buildings of the old capital. 
 
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