Temple of the Tooth

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a world renowned place of worship, where the left Canine tooth of Gautama Buddha is enshrined. The temple was named as a world heritage by UNESCO in 1988.

The temple carries a lot of value to Buddhists all over the world and also has immense cultural value. The architecture is of unique Kandyan architectural style with a combination of the unique style used to build Dalada Mandira the shrines which housed the Sacred Tooth Relic previously in other kingdoms. The ruins of such edifices remain in ancient capitals of Anuradapura, Pollonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Yapahuwa, Kurunegala, Kotte and Gampola.

While in Kandy the last Kingdom the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic continues to be the greatest shrine for the Buddhist world.Read more