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“Sri Lanka” zuvuya.net / Babylon Travel Magazine
“Return to Sri Lanka” Travel + Leisure
“The Rebirth of Sri Lanka” New York Times (free registration required)
“Beyond the tsunami” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (free registration required)
“A brush with Buddha's tooth” Sydney Morning Herald
“Where worlds collide” Sydney Morning Herald / The Guardian
“Sri Lanka Tales” gonomad.com
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“Temple of the Tooth” VirtualTourist.com
“Tooth Temple: Kandy, Sri Lanka” galenfrysinger.com
“Th Temple of the Tooth” VirtualTourist.com
“Temple of the Tooth, Kandy” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 5 attractions in Kandy
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Traveler Description: The temple which houses the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha is one of the holiest shrines in the entire Buddhist world.
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Attraction type: Religious site, Architectural building, Historic site
Address: Palace Square Kandy
Sri Lanka

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“Going Back in History, Kandy the Cultural Center”
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5 of 5 stars
migrationhw 1 contribution
Dresden
Mar 8, 2009
0/1 found this review helpful

Beautifu Place, Kandy. Once you get down from the Vehicle, you at once feel the difference from all the other cities and towns of Sri Lanka. The Temple of the Tooth was really a wonderfil experience. And as I learnt later on, I was really lucky to get a good Driver/Guide in Bandara contactable through writing to cananil@yahoo.com Some of... more

“touring by taxi”
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5 of 5 stars
whizzywhite 1 contribution
ireland
Feb 26, 2009
0/1 found this review helpful

Last year when staying in Negombo we had the good fortune to meet up with Suresh Fernando of Suresh Tours www.sureshtours.com..... Great guy, perfect English ( lived in UK ) honest, very helpful and very reasonably priced. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. JNW more

“a sacred place,treat with respect”
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4 of 5 stars
magicwand444 4 contributions
hemel hempstead
Nov 27, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

for buddist`s this is one of their most sacred(probably the most sacred)temple in the world.visitors are welcome and even as a non-buddhist as long as you follow some basic ettiquette your visit should be enjoyable. we had a guide for our trips around kandy but he told us that guided walks for groups(there were 6 of us) around the temple... more

“what a fabulous experience!!!”
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5 of 5 stars
cat-hughes 1 contribution
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Apr 13, 2008
8/8 found this review helpful

We had a wonderful holiday in Sri Lanka with our trip guide, but amongst all the very beautiful places we went the tooth temple has to be one of the highlights of the trip. It was enlightening and very special to see the temple, we had a guide around the temple who was very good in telling us all the... more

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Palace Square, Kandy, Sri Lanka