THE ROYAL PALACE OF KANDY

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[edit]The Royal Palace of Kandy in Kandy, is a the last royal residence of the
 Kingdom of Kandy and in Sri Lanka. The last King to reside in it was King Sri 
Vikrama Rajasinha until he wasoverthrown by theBritish in 1815 with the aid of 
Kandian chieftains. Once part of a large palace complex that included the royal
 court the Magul Maduwa and the Temple of the Tooth that held the Relic of the
tooth of the Buddha.By ancient tradition the one who was in possession of the 
Tooth Relic had claim to the throne. Adjacent to the Royal Palace is the Victorian
 era building that until recently housed Kandy High Court.

National Museum of Kandy

The palace complex has changed over the last century, with only a few buildings
 remaining. Those that are apart from the Temple of the Tooth Relic, has been
 turned in to the National Museum of Kandy run by the Department of Archeology.

[edit]Magul Maduwa

Found between the main palace building and the Temple of the Tooth Relic is the
 Magul Maduwa,a the Royal audience hall with wooden pillars built in 1784 by King
 Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, where the his Royal Court convened. It was here on March 5,
 1815 the Kandyan Convention was signed between the British and the Kandyian
 Chieftains (Radalas) ending the Kingdom of Kandy,

 the last native kingdom of the island.
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