This is the Sri Dalada Maligawa's own institutional record, the temple's account of its history, administration and custody of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha in Kandy, Sri Lanka. As the temple's own custodial record it is the correct source for its own account of the relic's care and the temple's administration. Its limit is that it is the holding institution's own presentation, not an independent historical or archaeological verification of the relic's claimed provenance across the centuries, so a claim resting on that deeper history needs an outside scholarly source alongside the temple's own account.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Custodial/institutional self-account (a temple's own record of its holdings or site). Temples and other institutional self-accounts sit at tier 2; tier 3 is reserved for a tradition's own account of its own teachings and practice, not an institutional record about holdings and history. NotesSri Dalada Maligawa's own custodial record for the object it holds. A standing institutional or private-holder record, not a scholarly publication; use for provenance and holding-institution facts, not for the object's own history or meaning.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodySri Dalada Maligawa
Custodian BasisThe temple's own account of its history, administration and custody of the Sacred Tooth Relic.
Citation
PublisherSri Dalada Maligawa
URLhttps://sridaladamaligawa.lk/
Source Typetemple
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Sri Lanka directly: "Tooth Relic of the Buddha in Kandy, Sri Lanka."
Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)
This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 3 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Open Questions, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Custodians & Museums, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 open question, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Artifacts & Relics, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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