Temple of the Sacred Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) in Kandy is the most sacred site for Buddhists in Sri Lanka. It hosts a relict, tooth of the founder of Buddhism, Siddhattha Gotama commonly known as Buddha. Temple is a place where thousands of pilgrims visit every day to see corporeal remains of the Buddha. Actually you cannot see the relict, just a little stupa shaped casket beautiful work of art that holds the Sacred Tooth. The buildings of temple are in very good condition and contain many interesting features of the traditional Sinhalese architecture.
