Private Temple Tour Around Kandy
This Kandy city tour allows you to choose the tourist hotspots you would like to visit during the day, covering approximately 100 km around Kandy. You can follow the set itinerary or adjust it according to your preferences.
Highlights:
Gadaladeniya Temple, built in the 14th century, features unique archaeological constructions.
Lankatilaka Temple showcases a blend of Buddhist and Hindu archaeological architecture.
Embekka Temple is famous for its wood carvings.
Your first visit is to Gadaladeniya Temple, which was built in the 14th century by King Wickramabahu III. There is an uncommon pagoda here that can only be seen at this site. The pandol at the entrance features separate Buddhist and Hindu cultural carvings on its two stone pillars.
The next stop is Lankatilaka Temple, a mixed cultural combination of Hindu and Buddhist archaeological creation built by King Buwanekabahu.
Embekka Temple is world-famous for its amazing wood carvings. There are more than 500 carving designs, each different from the others. These wood carvings reveal the rich legendary heritage and the highly developed aesthetic and artistic history of 14th-century Sri Lanka. The shrine room and the Hindu temple are located separately within the same premises, showing the nation's religious and ethnic unity during that era.
