Temple of Sacred Tooth

 

Temple of Sacred Tooth located in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka holds the relic of left upper canine tooth of Lord Buddha himself.

Temple of Sacred Tooth is one of the popular Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka and is popularly known as Sri Dalada Maligawa in Sri Lanka. The temple of Sacred Tooth is situated in the royal complex in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. The City Kandy was an ancient kingdom during the lifetime of Lord Buddha. The temple of Sacred Tooth is considered quite important since this temple holds the relic of the real tooth of the Lord Buddha. Sri Dalada Malagawa is believed to hold the left upper canine tooth of Lord Buddha. The relics of Buddha sacred tooth hold quite important role in the political reign in Sri Lankan Government since it is believed that whoever holds the relic of the sacred tooth of Lord Buddha holds the power of government of the country.I have been to veship the Tooth Relic more than 10 times.It feels great to go there.

Rituals and worship are performed regularly on a daily basis by Buddhist monks of Malwatte and Asgiriya. These Buddhist monks worship and perform various rituals in the inner chamber of the temple. These rituals are performed three times a day at dawn, at noon and at evening.

Also, the Esala Perahera is a special festival at the Temple of the Tooth.

Esala Perahera is one of the grand festivals celebrated in Asia and even considered as the largest Buddhist celebration in the world. Esala Perahera is held in the month of August..I have also been to the Esala Perahera twice.It was a very grand event.The whole city is crowded that day.A huge procession of elephants and beautiful ornaments roams the streets.I urge you to definitely visit the Esala Perahera at least once.