Kandy City in Sri Lanka. Former capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon, it was occupied by the Portuguese and the Dutch before being captured by the British in 1815. The city is a market centre for a region producing tea, rice, rubber and cacao. The chief industry is tourism. Pop. (2001) 156,923.

Kandy a city in Sri Lanka, which was the capital (1480–1815) of the former independent kingdom of Kandy and contains one of the most sacred Buddhist shrines, the Dalada Maligava (Temple of the Tooth).