kandy,kanda udarata,maha nuwara,Senkadagala

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Kandy (Sinhala: ?? ???? maha nuvara, pronounced [maha'nu??r?]; Tamil: ????? ka??i, pronounced ['kandy]) is the English name for the city of Maha Nuvara (Senkadagalapura) in the centre of Sri Lanka. It lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka; it is both an administrative and religious city. It is the capital of the Central Province (which encompasses the districts of Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya) and also of Kandy District.

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The name Kandy is derived from the Sinhalese kanda u?a pas ra?a. The Portuguese shortened this to "Candea", using the name for both the kingdom and its capital Senkadagalapura. In Sinhala, Kandy is called Maha Nuvara, meaning "Great City" or "Capital", although this is most often shortened to Nuvara.


Kandy remains an important religious centre of the Sinhalese and a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, namely those belonging to the Theravada school. It is the second-largest city of the island and the capital of Central Province of modern Sri Lanka. Its geographic location has made it a major transportation hub in the island: while Kandy being the gateway to the Central Highlands[1] of Sri Lanka, the city can be reached by major motorways in every direction of the island. The railway line from Colombo, the sea port on the western coast runs via Kandy to the farthest point of Badulla[2] in the Central Highlands. The main roads Colombo-Kandy and Kandy-Nuwara Eliya[3] are two of the most scenic roads of Sri Lanka; Colombo-Kandy[4] road passes through rubber plantations and rice paddies, Kandy-Nuwara Eliya road cuts through paddy fields and seamless tea plantations. Both roads claw their way up winding, rounding over the rings of hills. Currently feasibility studies are afoot for another highway between Colombo and Kandy via Kadawata and the scenic city of Katugastota.

Kandy City Centre, Commercial and Shopping Complex[5] at Dalada Veediya(the road leading to The Holy Temple of the Tooth[6] is the most modern commercial complex in Sri Lanka. The commercial complex studded with ultra modern features, also incorporating traditional architecture of Kandy during the medieval period of Sri Lanka.

The Asgiriya International Stadium of Kandy hosts cricket matches. Pallekele Cricket Stadium of Kandy, designed to accommodate 30,000 spectators, is scheduled to be built in time for the 2011 Cricket World Cup