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Kandy
Kandy. Former capital of
Sri Lanka from 1592 to 1815 and site of the
Temple of the Tooth housing a tooth believed to belong to the
Buddha. Every August in the
Perahera festival the
relic is carried on the back of an elephant around the city in a torchlight procession.
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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KANDY IS A SWEET HEARING COMPANION.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/3/2002; 700+ words
; Byline: Amber Smith Staff writer Kandy may look like a typical black Labrador mix...measles when she was 2 or 3 years old. She got Kandy, a Canine Working Companion, on her birthday in 1988. Kandy is trained to alert Cobb to sounds around...
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Kandy proves its dominance over CR & FC
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Observer; 8/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...Colombo, Aug. 9 -- Reigning Caltex League Champions Kandy Sports Club continued their dominance over their arch...match played at Nittawela yesterday. At half time Kandy led 19-9. Kandy SC who won the League for the ninth year in running...
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Kandy City Centre phase II stayed
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 1/29/2009; 568 words
; Colombo, Jan. 29 -- Kandy Mayor L.B. Aluvihare yesterday said that a...stone laying ceremony of the Phase II of the Kandy Municipal Car Park and had also ordered the lessee of the Kandy Municipal Car Park to pay the dues to the Kandy...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Viva: Kandy girl; Perfect legs, perfect nails, perfect hair. . . but is Mizz Kandy Floss all that she seems? Jill Tunstall goes in search of the truth.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 8/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...the ladies, '' someone tells me when I ask for Mizz Kandy Floss. ``Kandy. . . Oh, here she is now. '' Out strides a tall...actually she is a he. Fabulous social butterfly Mizz Kandy Floss is the drag queen alter ego for Andrew Walker...
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Kandy in an unimpressive win
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Observer; 5/25/2009; 505 words
; ...Colombo, May 25 -- Defending Caltex League Champion Kandy Sports Club put up an unimpressive display to score...tournament match played at Nittawela yesterday. At half Kandy led 8-3. Kandy worst with this match without 7 of their regulars...
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Cattle slaughter in Kandy to be banned
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 3/26/2009; 385 words
; Colombo, March 26 -- Mayor of Kandy L.B. Aluvihare told a delegation of Buddhist organizations in Kandy that he would prohibit all cattle meat coming into the Kandy Municipal area forthwith. He also said that he proposed to completely ban...
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Kandy Municipality stands up to Cabinet on car park issue
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 1/16/2009; 677 words
; ...Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 16 -- The Kandy Municipal Council unanimously decided to...private investor for the extension of the Kandy car park and shopping complex project...to be quite valuable and belongs to the Kandy Municipal Council. The council is also...
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Kandy determined to smash CR today
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Observer; 6/28/2009; 700+ words
; Colombo, June 28 -- Unbeaten Kandy SC led by Sri Lanka Sevens skipper and...round showdown at Longden Place today. Kandy SC, the title-holders for the past nine...crowd that is expected at CR grounds. Kandy SC have so far struggled only against Air...
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Kandy crushes CH and FC 37-3
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 6/15/2009; 566 words
; ...defending Caltex league rugby champions Kandy Sports Club cruised to an easy 37 points...played at Nittawela yesterday. At half time Kandy led 5-3. CH & FC promised a lot...champions. CH did well to hold the strong Kandy team to 5 - 3 at the breather promising...
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Ways of making you buy You may think that you don't need a new necklace, or another pair of earrings. But then you just haven't met Kandy Smith, the queen of pyramid selling.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...esque - not a film-set rural idyll. Kandy Smith meets me with outstretched hand...she says, by way of introduction. Kandy is full of facts and stories. She burbles...asks. Pat tells her which one she likes. Kandy stays silent. "I let people sell to each...
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Kandy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kandy , city (1995 est. pop. 108,000), capital of Central prov., Sri Lanka, on the Kandy Plateau. Once the capital of the Sinhalese...artificial lake built by the last king of Kandy in 1806. Near the lake is the Temple of...
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Sinhalese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...kingdoms, one in the central highlands at Kandy and one along the Southwestern coast near...deposed the southwestern kingdom (but not Kandy) and won converts to Roman Catholicism...system in the maritime provinces (but not Kandy, which remained independent) and cashcrop...
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Sri Lanka
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia
...kingdom in the southwest, and the kingdom of Kandy in the interior. In 1505, the Portuguese...remained independent. In 1612, the king of Kandy formed an alliance with the Dutch, successfully...Unfortunately, in removing the Portuguese, Kandy traded one European colonial master for...
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Esala Perahera
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...place in the course of a festival held in July or August in Kandy , one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka , to honour the relic...combination of five separate peraheras . Four come from the four Kandy devalas , the shrines to the deities who protect the island...
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Dalada Maligawa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Dalada Maligawa. Kandy's ‘Temple of the Tooth’ housing Sri Lanka...tower in the moat was added by Sri Wickrama Rajasinha, the last king of Kandy, and houses an important collection of palm-leaf manuscripts. In...
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