Magul Maduwa

The Magul Maduwa, or Audience Hall of the Royal Palace of Kandy, is where the king met his ministers and members of the Royal Court, and is a magnificent reminder of Sri Lanka’s ancient lineage. The Hall was of particular importance because it was here that the most revered relic, the tooth of the Buddha, was occasionally produced for public veneration. It was also here that control of the kingdom was ceded to the British in 1815, thus signaling the end of over 2,500 years of royal sovereignty and the beginning of the post-agrarian ‘modern’ era.