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demographics of kandy city

When you visit Kandy Sri Lanka, you will realize that it is a city where the majority are Sinhalese with sizeable communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as Moors and Tamils:

 

Ethnicity	Population	% Of Total
Sinhala	77,560	70.48
Sri Lankan Moors	15,326	13.93
Sri Lankan Tamils	9,427	8.57
Indian Tamils	5,245	4.77
Other (including Burgher, Malay)	2,489	2.26
Total	110,049	100

When you visit Sri Lanka you will find that the monumental ensemble of Kandy is an example of construction that associates the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth. When you visit Kandy Sri Lanka, you would soon realize that the ‘palace of the tooth relic” was one of a series of temples built in the places where the relic, the actual palladium of the Sinhalese monarchy, was brought following the various relocations of the capital city. You will learn, upon your visit to Kandy Sri Lanka that the Palace of the Tooth relic, the palace complex and the holy city of Kandy are associated with the history of the dissemination of Buddhism. When you visit Sri Lanka you will find that the temple is the testimony of a cult which continues to be practiced today.