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The Natha Devale is located on the terrace, in front of the Palace complex of Kandy.It is said to have been in existence even before the Tooth Relic was brought to Kandy.The oldest extant structure in Kandy, it is said to have been built by King Vikramabahu III in the 14th century.The history of the worship of God Natha is not clear.The name 'Natha' literally means ‘no form’ and ‘no shape’, and is therefore generally associated with Lord Maitreya, the next Buddha.
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නාථ දේවාලය මහනුවර දළදා මාලිගාව (Natha Devalaya Temple of the Tooth Kandy)
නාථ දේවාලය මහනුවර දළදා මාලිගාව (Natha Devalaya Temple of the Tooth Kandy)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Video with images of Kandy in the central Hill Country of Sri Lanka. It is enclosed by green forested hills, dense woods, inaccessible swamp areas and a river at three sides. The environment was a natural barrier against hostile armies. The history of Kandy goes back to the fourteenth century. At the time it was a small settlement where local inhabitants built their first temples. From the sixteenth century Kandy was a capital of the Sinhalese kingdom with an important administrative and religious position. It resisted the emerging European colonial powers for a long time. But in the beginning of the nineteenth century the city finally fell to the British. It was the end of the last bastion of Sinhalese culture. The present inhabitants cherish their monuments from the past with a prominent place for the old temples and the royal palace.
The centrepiece of Kandy is an artificial lake from the start of the nineteenth century. At the north side of the lake is the old town and the royal palace of the former Kandyan kings. Within the walls of the palace complex is a collection of terraces with buildings in a rectangular space around an open courtyard. The complex has an audience hall where the king received his official guests. It is an open air pavilion with carved wooden pillars. The hipped roof is covered with red tiles. In the beginning of the nineteenth century prominent leaders of Kandy gathered here for the last time to yield all executive power to the British. Nearby is an octagonal tower where the king used to address his subjects. Behind the tower is a white building with two floors which were the living quarters of the king.
The most important sanctuary in the centre of the royal palace complex is the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. It is a rectangular building of two floors in one of the courtyards. The present sanctuary was built in the middle of the eighteenth century by order of the king. On the ground floor is a chamber with two elephant tusks in front of the entrance. The doors are decorated with ivory and silver. On the second floor is the actual shrine with the tooth of Buddha in a golden box. The entire building has a wooden gallery decorated with paintings and carvings. Their style is characteristic for the royal art and culture in Kandy. The paintings are simple of structure and have a limited number of colours. The paintings depict various phases in the life of Buddha. The empty space between is filled with geometric motives and floral decorations.
Opposite the royal palace is a stone walled platform with temples for gods and saints who are worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists. The Natha Devale is the oldest temple on the platform. An open pavilion with wooden pillars at both sides leads to the entrance of the sanctuary. In the temple is a bronze image of Lokesvara the god of the compassion. Nearby is the Pattini Devale which is dedicated to Pattini the goddess of health and fertility. The Vishnu Devale is a temple devoted to the hindu deity Vishnu who is also the patron saint of Sri Lanka. The Kataragama Devale is a little away from the other temples. He rides a peacock and as a god of war he has six heads and twelve hands wielding weapons.
The royal palace complex with the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and the Devales platform reflect traditional Sinhalese culture and architecture. The decorative paintings have distinctive Kandyan features which spread out over the whole island since the sixteenth century. Many other buildings in the old town were built by the British in the ninenteenth and twentieth century. They are fine examples of late British colonial architecture, which is omnipresent on the whole island.
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The Nàtha Devàla is located on the terrace, in front of the Palace complex of Kandy. It is said to have been in existence even before the Tooth Relic was brought to Kandy.The oldest extant structure
සයිබර් අවකාශය තුල සැරිසරන්ණන්ගේ සිත් සනහාලන බහුවිධ තේමා ඔස්සේ හඔා ගොස් රූප මානයකට ගෙන එන නුතන අඬහැරය,
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පත්තිනි දේවාලය මහනුවර Paththini Dewalaya Kandy Punya boomi
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The Esala Perahera in Kandy is one of the oldest and grandest of all Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, featuring dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers, and lavishly decorated elephants. This is held in Esala (July or August) which is the month that is believed to commemorate the first teaching given by the Buddha after he attained enlightenment. The Kandy Esala Perahera lasts for ten days while various festivities can be witnessed right throughout. The Sinhalese term 'Perahera' means a parade of musicians, dancers, singers, acrobats and various other performers accompanied by a large number of caparisoned Tuskers and Elephants parading the streets in celebration of a religious event.
The Esala Perahera in Kandy is celebrated to honor the Sacred Tooth Relic and the four ‘guardian’ Gods Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama, and Goddess Pattini. The Kandy Maligawa Perahera is followed in order by those of the Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Pattini ‘Devales’ (Temples dedicated to these Gods) which are situated in the vicinity of the Kandy Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth).
After the Kandyan Kingdom fell to the British in 1815, the custody of the Tooth Relic was handed over to the Buddhist Clergy. In the absence of the King, a lay custodian called the Diyawadana Nilame was appointed to handle routine administrative matters. The purpose of the Kandy Esala Perahera Procession is to beseech blessings of the gods to obtain rain for the cultivation of crops and to enrich the lands of the kingdom.
This ritual is performed by carrying the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha through the streets of the Kandy city which are done with exceptional panache. This is considered one of the most beautiful pageants in Asia.
The first ritual ‘Kap Situweema’ (planting of a sanctified young Jackfruit Tree) will be held to commence the rituals that start off Perahera. The ritual is performed according to an auspicious time decided by astrologers. The Jackfruit tree is sprinkled with sandalwood scented water and offerings are is made of nine kinds of flowers and an oil lamp with nine wicks. The priest of the Maha Vishnu Devale (Vishnu Temple) recites his prayers to all the gods.
Tentative Dates of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2019
5th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
6th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
7th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
8th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
9th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
10th Aug 2019 - Kumbal Perahera
11th Aug 2019 - Randoli Perahera
12th Aug 2019 - Randoli Perahera
13th Aug 2019 - Randoli Perahera
14th Aug 2019 - Randoli Perahera
15th Aug 2019 - Day Perahera
History of the Kandy Perahera
Old Ceylon Kandy Perahera – the Kandy Perahera originates with the arrival of Prince Diantha and Princess Hemamala, the son-in-law and daughter of King Guhasiva of Kalinga in India to Sri Lanka during the reign of King Kirthisiri Meghawanna (305-331 AD). Following the decree of King Kirthisiri Meghawanna that the Relic should be taken around the city of Anuradhapura once a year, the Esala Perahera had been followed by the succession of kings, though with interruptions caused by foreign invasions.
The most revealing narration of the Esala Perehera is found in the book written by the Chinese pilgrim ‘Fa Hien’ who visited Sri Lanka in the 5th century A.D. The sporadic invasions by the Dravidian Kingdoms resulted in the shifting of the seat of the kingdom from Anuradhapura to Polonnaruwa, then to Dambadeniya and thereafter to other cities. In each retreat, a new temple was constructed to enshrine the Sacred Tooth Relic. Finally, after the shift of the capital to Kandy, the Relic has been undisturbed. ever since and the Esala Perahera has been held annually to rejoice and honor the Sacred Tooth Relic.
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Kandy Esala perahera Kap Situweema
The planting of caps in the Sivama Devale of the Esala Perahera was held at dawn.
Vatunuwara Devalaya, Aluthwangoda is situated at the Vishnu Devalaya in Aluthnuwara which was distributed to the devotees of Natha, Vishnu, Pattini and Kataragama. The six days were planted in the south.
This custom was held under the patronage of Basnayaka Nilame Hemantha Bandara of Basnayake Nilame Mahendra Ratwatte of the Vishnu Devala and Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Dhamma Gemunu Thilaka Bandara Walisundara.
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There are three main styles of Sri Lankan classical dance:
The Kandyan dances of the Hill Country, known as Uda Rata Natum;
The low country dances of the southern plains, known as Pahatha Rata Natum;
Sabaragamuwa dances, or Sabaragamuwa Natum.
Kandyan dance takes its name from Kandy, the last royal capital of Sri Lanka, which is situated about 120 kilometers from the modern capital at Colombo. This genre is today considered the classical dance of Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit terminology it is considered pure dance (nrtta); it features a highly developed system of tala (rhythm), provided by cymbals called thalampataa. There are five distinct types; the ves, naiyandi, uddekki, pantheru, and vannams.
The three classical dance forms differ in their styles of body-movements and gestures, in the costumes worn by the performers, and in the shape and size of the drums used to provide rhythmic sound patterns to accompany the dancing.
The drum used in Kandyan dancing is known as the Geta Bera, the drum in Ruhunu (low country) dancing as the Yak Bera, and drum in Sabaragamu dancing as the Davula (the word Bera or Bereya in Sinhale means Drum) The Geta Bera is beaten with the hands as is also Yak Bera, while the Davula is played with a stick on one side and with one hand on the other side; the Geta Bera has a body which tapers on both sides while the Yak Bera and the Davula both have cylindrical bodies.
The main distinguishing feature between Kandyan and Sabaragamu dancing, and Ruhunu dancing, is that Ruhunu dancers wear masks.
Ves dance
Ves dance, the most popular, originated from an ancient purification ritual, the Kohomba Yakuma or Kohomba Kankariya. The dance was propitiatory, never secular, and performed only by males. The elaborate ves costume, particularly the headgear, is considered sacred and is believed to belong to the deity Kohomba.
Only toward the end of the 19th century were ves dancers first invited to perform outside the precincts of the Kankariya Temple at the annual Kandy Perahera festival. Today the elaborately costumed ves dancer epitomizes Kandyan dance.
Naiyandi dance
Dancers in Naiyandi costume perform during the initial preparations of the Kohomba Kankariya festival, during the lighting of the lamps and the preparation of foods for the demons. The dancer wears a white cloth and white turban, beadwork decorations on his chest, a waistband, rows of beads around his neck, silver chains, brass shoulder plates, anklets, and jingles. This is a graceful dance, also performed in Maha Visnu (Vishnu) and Kataragama Devales temples on ceremonial occasions.
Uddekki dance
Uddekki is a very prestigious dance. Its name comes from the uddekki, a small lacquered hand drum in the shape of an hourglass, about seven and half inches (18 centimeters) high, believed to have been given to people by the gods. The two drumskins are believed to have been given by the god Iswara, and the sound by Visnu; the instrument is said to have been constructed according to the instructions of Sakra and was played in the heavenly palace of the gods. It is a very difficult instruments to play. The dancer sings as he plays, tightening the strings to obtain variations of pitch.
Pantheru dance
The pantheruwa is an instrument dedicated to the goddess Pattini. It resembles a tambourine (without the skin) and has small cymbals attached at intervals around its circumference. The dance is said to have originated in the days of Prince Siddhartha, who became Buddha. The gods were believed to use this instrument to celebrate victories in war, and Sinhala kings employed pantheru dancers to celebrate victories in the battlefield. The costume is similar to that of the uddekki dancer, but the pantheru dancer wears no beaded jacket and substitutes a silk handkerchief at the waist for the elaborate frills of the uddekki dancer.
Kandy Esala Perahera 2019 (Final Randoli Perahera)
Sri Lanka's largest and most spectacular festival
අසිරිමත් ඇසළ පෙරහර මංගල්ලය
Kandy Perahera, one of Asia's highly traditional and most spectacular parades, takes place in the Buddhist month of Esala, usually in August. The Kandy festival season lasts a fortnight. There are three stages of the Kandy festival, each for a period of 5 days. The largest pageants with the highest numbers of tuskers take place in the last five nights, culminating in the very last night of the festival period.
In general, the final night of the Kandy Perahera festival season is on Nikini Poya Day, which marks the end of the month called Esala. Nikini Poya is the Buddhist astrological full moon night in August. Usually, this coincides with the astronomical full moon night. However, in some years Nikini Poya can be one night earlier or later than the astronomical full moon time suggests. Thus be aware: There is no guarantee that Nikini Poya falls on the date mentioned as August full moon in your calendar! Furthermore, the date of the astronomical fullmoon day in Sri Lanka can also differ one day from that in East Asia or Europe or America, just due to different time zones. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the entire festival is dated according to the Nikini date. However, Nikini Poya was the final day of the Kandy festival in recent years. It is highly likely, that this will be the case in 2019, too. In summary, this means: You can be 99% sure, that the festival takes place in the evenings before and on the evening of the astrological fullmoon in August. The astrological Nikini fullmoon night is 14th August 2019.
Kandy Perahera Schedule
The first five pageants in Kandy:
5th August 2019: 1st Kumbal Perahera
6th August 2019: 2nd Kumbal Perahera
7th August 2019: 3rd Kumbal Perahera
8th August 2019: 4th Kumbal Perahera
9th August 2019: Last Kumbal Perahera
The five largest processions in Kandy:
10th August 2019: 1st Randoli Perahera
11th August 2019: 2nd Randoli Perahera
12th August 2019: 3rd Randoli Perahera
13th August 2019: 4th Randoli Perahera
14th August 2019: Final Randoli Perahera
Day-time ceremony of water-cutting:
15th August 2019: Diya Kepeema
Sequence of Kandy Processions
After a small opening ceremony called Kap Situveema, the cutting and planting of the Kapa, at Vishnu Devale near the Tooth Temple, the first nighttime celebrations are so-called Devale Peraheras, ceremnies only within Hindu temple premises.
Kumbal Peraheras
According to backpacker's bible, Lonely Planet, the Kandy Perahera is a 10-days event. Actually, it's a full fortnight festival season. Nevertheless, there is good reason to describe it as a 10-days event: Only 10 successive evening processions are held in Kandy city that really deserve the name Perahera. The first five of these ten pageants are called Kumbal Peraheras. Their focus of attention is not yet the Buddhist Tooth Relic, as the four Hindu Devales of Kandy still play the prominent role.
Randoli Peraheras (Randoli Procession)
This could be seen only with the procession of the Sacred Tooth Relic and parade the streets for whole five days which is a tradition. In the days of the Kings, the Chief Queens of the Kings paraded in this procession in Palanquins. As the participation of the Queens was not proper to the procession of the Sacred Tooth Relic they were stopped but a palanquin is taken in the procession as an honor to the Queen. The four Devalas carry their own decorated palanquins with religious articles of the Devales. Although palanquins are carried the honor they receive is no less.The last 5 days of the Kandy Perahera are the pageants of the famous Sacred Perahara Karaduwa. Only these final five evening processions known as Randoli Perahera can be called the “Great Kandy Perahera” in a narrow sense. The name “Randoli” refers to palanquins on which the consorts of Kandy kings traditionally used to travel.
The beginning and end of each perahera is signalled by a cannon shot. After approximatele half or two thirds of the parade with dozens of adorned elephants, the relic casket of the replica of the Tooth Relic can be seen on the biggest and best illuminated tusker, flanked by two smaller elephants. This is not at all the end of the parade. The Buddhist Tooth Relic will be followed by processions of Kandy’s four Hindu Devales. The first one is of Natha, a regional god of the highland area in and around Kandy, who is also venerated as a Bodhisattva, a future Buddha. The second is Vishnu, his manifestation on Sri Lanka is called Upulvan, symbolized by blue colour. The third is Kataragama, the local form of Skanda or of the Tamil Murugan, his colour is read, and this god`s parade is the noisiest and wildest. The last part of the Perahera is the parade of Pattini, the female goddess of fertility.
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