Dalada Maligawa Kandy

Dalada Maaligawa occupies a unique position in the life of people of Sri Lanka. Not only during festive days ;B ut through out the year the throb of drums, the wail of the fife, the clang of the cymbals and the call of the conch continues to resonate within the chambers of this hallowed shrine reminding us of oblations that have been performed throughout the ages.
Kandyan king Wimaladharmasuriya I (1592-1604 A.D) built a two storyed Temple for the Relic which had been concealed in Delgamuwa near Kuruwita in Sabaragamuwa.
Vimaladharmasuriya II(1687-1707) built a three storeyed temple and Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe (1747-1782) built the existing inner temple and Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe built the Pattirippuwa. King Narendrasingha re-built and had paintings of 32 jathaka stories of Depict of the wall of court yard. Paththirippuva (octagan) is part of the royal palace. King used to come and address the people from there. It was constructed by Devendra Moolachari during the period of king Sri Wickrama Rajasingha.