ශ්‍රී දළදා මාලිගාව
Era : නුවර
Built : 1 වන විමලධර්මසුරිය රජතුමා,
Recovered : 2 වන රාජසිංහ රජතුමා,
Reconstruction : ශ්‍රී වීර පරාක්‍රම නරේන්ද්‍රසිංහ රජතුමා,
Added : ශ්‍රී වික්‍රම රාජසිංහ රජතුමා,

Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site mainly due to the temple.

Bhikkhus of the two chapters of Malwatte and Asgiriya conduct daily worship in the inner chamber of the temple. Rituals are performed three times daily: at dawn, at noon and in the evenings. On Wednesdays, there is a symbolic bathing of the relic with an herbal preparation made from scented water and fragrant flowers called Nanumura Mangallaya. This holy water is believed to contain healing powers and is distributed among those present.

The temple sustained damage from bombings by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in 1989 and by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1998 but was fully restored each time.

 

Era : නුවර,

Built : 1 වන විමලධර්මසුරිය රජතුමා,

King Vimaladharmasuriya I built a two-storey building to deposit the tooth relic and the building is now gone. In 1603 when the Portuguese invaded Kandy, it was carried to Meda Mahanuwara in Dumbara.

Recovered : 2 වන රාජසිංහ රජතුමා,

It was recovered in the time of Rajasinha II and it has been reported that he reinstated the original building or built a new temple.

Reconstruction : ශ්‍රී වීර පරාක්‍රම නරේන්ද්‍රසිංහ රජතුමා,

The present-day temple of the tooth was built by Vira Narendra Sinha.

Added : ශ්‍රී වික්‍රම රාජසිංහ රජතුමා,

The octagonal Paththirippuwa and moat were added during the reign of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. The royal architect Devendra Moolacharya is credited with building the Paththirippuwa. Originally it was used by the king for recreational activities and later it was offered to the tooth relic, it now houses the temple's library.

 
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