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Kandy Esala Perahera

Kandy Municipal Council / Sri Dalada Maligawa

Date / ruleannual procession; dates follow the official programme and lunar calendar
ScopeKandy cultural and religious procession, Sri Lanka
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-06
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Kandy Esala Perahera?

Kandy Municipal Council / Sri Dalada Maligawa

Date and recurrence

annual procession; dates follow the official programme and lunar calendar

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Kandy cultural and religious procession, Sri Lanka. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Esala Perahera

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Kandy Municipal Council — PeraheraMunicipal Government Cultural Event
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Kandy Esala Perahera?

annual procession; dates follow the official programme and lunar calendar The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: annual procession; dates follow the official programme and lunar calendar.

Does Kandy Esala Perahera fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Kandy Esala Perahera an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Kandy cultural and religious procession, Sri Lanka. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Kandy Esala Perahera?

The stored designation basis is: Kandy Municipal Council / Sri Dalada Maligawa. Supporting provenance includes Kandy Municipal Council — Perahera. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Kandy Esala Perahera international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Sri Lanka. Its fuller verified scope is: Kandy cultural and religious procession, Sri Lanka.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-06.

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