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A Journey To World Heritage City Kandy

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Kandy is the most beautiful city in Sri Lanka, located in up country. When we talk about Kandy, the most important thing is “Dalada maligawa” , the temple of tooth relic of the lord Buddha and the lake "Kandy Lake" adds more beauty to this wonderful city. Few years ago we went on a journey to Kandy. In fact, it is such a memorable journey. I went there with my family. It is about 110 km away from Colombo. Therefore, we left early in the morning. When we reached Kandy it was around 9.30 in the morning. First, we visited Temple of tooth relic which is called "Dalada Maligawa" in Sinhala. It is the pride of the Kandy city which attracts so many local and foreign tourists.   The Sacred Tooth Relic Temple In Kandy: The Tooth Relic of Gautama Buddha was brought to our country by Prince "Dantha " and Princess "Hemamali" . Princess was hiding the sacred tooth relic in her hair. This happened during the reign of Sirimeghavanna of Anuradhapura. King en...
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Alilya Resort and Spa -Sigiriya

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  After climbing Sigiri rock we were tired and wanted to relax. And next we reached “Aliya resort and spa” which is located 13km away from Colombo. “Aliya” means “The elephant” in English. We could see elephant carvings and paintings all around the resort premises.  It is a four-star hotel and has a large swimming pool which is facing towards the Rock Sigiriya.     Rock Sigiriya is visible to the main lobby of the resort from far away through the mist. It gives a spectacular    view of Sigiriya rock to the pool and hotel premises, such a wonderful attractive eye catching view cannot be described with words. Aliya Resort has been built according to the cultural village atmosphere with an eco-friendly system, c omparable with a typical Sri Lankan village. There is a tree hut  which symbolizes cultivation of Sri Lankan Chena and paddy fields.   In the middle of the hotel compound there was a clay house which is built with straw roof called “...
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