Kandy Esala Perahera

The Kandy Esala Perahera (the Sri Dalada Perahara procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth, is an annual religious and cultural festival held in the months of July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This historic procession is conducted to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha, which is enshrined at the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in Kandy.

The Perahera is considered a unique symbol of Sri Lankan heritage and features a vibrant array of traditional performances, including fire dances, whip dances, and other cultural displays. The festival concludes with the Diya Kepeema, a water-cutting ceremony held at the Mahaweli River in Getambe, Kandy.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.