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Held in July to commemorate Lord Buddha’s Conception, Renunciation, and First Sermon. colorful processions with elephants, sword dancers, fire eaters, stilt walkers, etc. However the main attraction of the event is the Tooth Relic brought out on the back of a decorated elephant for all to worship. The Kandyan dancers too play a major role in the procession.

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Historical Importance of Monument : King Guhasiva, (The Kalinga) during the 4th century AD sent the Buddha’s tooth relic to Sri Lanka with Prince Danta and Princess Hemamala so as to avoid its possession by his opponents who started the battle. The tooth relic is welcomed by the then King Meghavanna in Anuradhapura and enshrined in a 3rd century holy edifice. The tooth relic got converted into a mark of prestige signifying the right to ascend the power. Subsequent kings from Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Dambadeniya constructed shrines for the relic nearby to the royal houses. During the period of the Kotte Kingdom, the temple of the tooth was situated in the toyal city – Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. With the emergence of the Kandy Kingdom; relic Tooth of Lord Buddha was brought to the Kandy, where it was kept in a two story house by the King Vimaladharmasuriya I. During the Portugese Invasion (1603) the tooth relic was hidden. It was brought back to Kandy by King Rajasingha II almost half a century later, and rehoused in a building identical to the earlier construction. The existing temple of the tooth was constructed by King Vira Parakrama Narendra Singha in the early 1700s. There was further construction on the moat and octagonal structure by the subsequent King Sri Wickrama Rajasingha. The temple complex includes The Octagon – Pattripuwa, Handun kunama, The Golden Canopy and The Temple of the Tooth Museum – New Palace.