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Magul Maduwa Audience Hall

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👍 This is the place where the King and the ministers gather to take decisions.. Also known as ‘Royal Audience Hall’.. This was built in 1783 still remains in good condition.. People often mention building, wooden, Hall, Maduwa, Magul, king, Audience, carved, British, pillars,


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7JVR+JHH, Kandy, Sri Lanka

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4.80 (25 reviews)

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  • Saturday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Sunday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Monday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Tuesday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 5:30 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 5:30 am to 8 pm

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  • 4/5 Ashen L. 1 year ago on Google
    This is the place where the King and the ministers gather to take decisions.. Also known as ‘Royal Audience Hall’.. This was built in 1783 still remains in good condition..
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sachinda S. 3 years ago on Google
    The “Magul Maduwa” of the Palace is where the king met his ministers and and carried out his daily administrative tasks.. This was also known as the “Maha Maduwa” (high court) by the local residence as this building was used by the king as the court. This building is also called the Assembly Hall or the Audience Hall. The construction of this finely carved wooden structure has been started by the king Rajadhi Rajasinhe (1779 – 1797) in 1783. but was unable to complete it within his reign. Copied from amazinglanka.com
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pradeep R. 2 years ago on Google
    This was the place where the kandian kings were crowned. Currently well preserved and anyone can visit, stay while without any charges... Wooden poles with beautiful carvings are the most attractive thing here... And also the overall structure of the building will remind anyone about the kandian architecture.. This place use to sign the agreement with British government in 1815... Even in the present this place used for diplomatic affairs like swearing in the cabinet...
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Akalanka D. 2 years ago on Google
    It is a pillared hall located next to the Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic within the Royal Palace complex. In the current times, what remains is a wooden pillared pavilion with the tiled roof. There are no walls around. It is a simple but impressive structure and dates back to the times of Royal family's rule. There is nothing much to see here, other than the simple carvings on the pillars and cross beams.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sri lankan Train V. 2 years ago on Google
    Good and cool place. Best place for relax your mind with religious atitudes. Located at Sri dalada maligawa. You can see lots of wooden carvings ( ලී කැටයම් ) At this place. Anciant and historical building. Well maintained since kindom eras. Now this building is a unesco world heritage building. Best place
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dinitha V. 5 years ago on Google
    Very important historical place next to the sacred daladha maligawa. Contains Unique ancient architectural feature such as "madol kurupawa" ( a wooden nail placed to hold several rafters of a wooden roof) and wooden carved column.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 WMCJT K. 4 years ago on Google
    "Magul Maduwa" is an ancient place which is located in the premises of temple of the tooth. in the past, it was used to gather the all administrative people of the kandy era. Lot of parts in the Magul Maduwa was manufactured with strong woods.

  • 4/5 Miyuru J. 5 years ago on Google
    The “Magul Maduwa” of the Palace is where the king met his ministers and and carried out his daily administrative tasks. This was also known as the “Maha Naduwa” (high court) by the local residence as this building was used by the king as the court. This building is also called the Assembly Hall or the Audience Hall. The construction of this finely carved wooden structure has been started by the king Rajadhi Rajasinhe (1779 – 1797) in 1783. but was unable to complete it within his reign. A number of key events in our history has taken place in this “Magul Maduwa”. The major one being the handing over the last Sri Lankan kingdom to the British throne in 1815 ending over 2500 years of sovereignty. It was at this place that the British handed over the death sentence to the sri lankan patriots, Madugalle Disave and the Keppatipola Disave. In the early days of the British occupation, the British Missionaries used this Audience Hall as their Church building in their conversion process. This Audience Hall which played a key role in the Kingdom was considered a place where the ‘most horrid cruelties were exercised’ by these missionaries. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta, Rev Reginald Herber describe a sermon held in this hall in his book ‘Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper provinces of India‘ published in 1829; ” …. Early this morning the Bishop held a confirmation; there were seven native candidates, and twenty Europeans; and he afterwards preached at the usual time of morning service. There is no church, but the Hall of Audience, where the Kings of Candy held their courts, is used as such; it is a long room, of which the wooden pillars, having the lotus carved on their capitals, are the only ornamental parts remaining. It was a most interesting and affecting sight, to see Christian worship performed, and a Christian bishop blessing his congregation, a part of which was native, in the very spot where the most horrid cruelties were exercised not more than ten yean ago. How little could such an event at that time have been contemplated! …. “ The “Magul Maduwa” we see today is a extension to the original made by the British to facilitate the welcome of prince of wales in 1875. They pulled out 32 carved wooden columns from the building called “Pale Vahale” (which was the Queens living quarters during the last king of Kandy, now the National Museum building) and replaced them with brick pillars. Out of these, 16 pillars. were used to extend the “Magul Maduwa” with 8 pillars. on each side and the old decayed bases have been replaced by new wooden bases. With this addition, building has two rows of elegantly carved pillars. each row having 32 columns. A Kandyan style roof rests upon these columns. by Mahil Wijesinghe Sunday Observer


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