SRI LANKA. Town of Kandy. The "Esala Perahera" is an annual procession in the honour of Buddha's Sacred Relic which was brought from India to Kandy, the last royal capital of the Sri Lanka. The "perahera" (or procession in Sinhalese) lasts ten days and ten nights during the full moon of month of Esala-Nikini (July-August in the traditional Sinhalese calendar). The most important site of the procession is the Dalada Maligawa, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, followed by the temples of Hindu dietes Natha, Kataragama, Vishnu and Pattini.
Preparations inside the "Dalada Maligawa", Temple of Buddha's Sacred Tooth Relic.