Sacred Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy

[Original caption] Sacred Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy. This, the Temple of Maligawa, was built for the purpose of enshrining that priceless Buddhist relic, the Tooth of Gautama Buddha. It rests on a golden lotus flower under seven jeweled shrines behind doors of wonderfully beaten brass. The tower adjoining the temple contains a fine Oriental library. [end]