Royal Palace of Kandy
The Royal Palace of Kandy or Royal Palace of Senkadagala (Sinhala: සෙංකඩගල රජ මාලිගාව) is located to the north of the Temple of the Tooth , Sri Lanka. It is locally called Maha Wasala , the traditional name used for the royal palace of the king since the time of King Parakramabahu I (1153-1186 A.D.) of the Polonnaruwa Period (Abeyawardana, 2004). History The royal palace at Kandy was built by King Wimaladharmasuriya I [(1592-1604 A.D.) Abeyawardana, 2004]. Since then, it was the royal residence of the Kandyan Monarch until the last king of the country, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815 A.D.). After the Kandy was handed over to the British throne by signing the Kandyan Convention in March 1815, the palace building was used by Sir John D'Oyly, the 1st Baronet of Kandy from 1821 to 1824 as his official residence (Abeyawardana, 2004). Presently, a section of this palace building is used to house the Kandy Archaeological Museum . The palace building The Maha Wasala was the main building of the…
