පේරාදෙණිය රාජකීය උද්භිද උද්‍යානය පිළිබඳව ඉතිහාසයේ සිට ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN,PERADENIYA,SRI LANKA.

Royal botanical garden peradeniya,situated about 4km away from kandy town,central province in Sri lanka. This is the oldest among sri lanka's botanical gardens has a history dating back to year 1821.
History of this place goes back to the gampola era. Year 1371, when king wickramabahu 3 ascended the throne and kept court at peradeniya near the mahaweli river. A temple was built on this place by king wimaladharmasuriya , but it was destroyed by the british when they were given control over the kingdom of kandy. The historical records indicate that the gardens were a royal residence and park during the time of king keerthi sri rajasinghe, and this was followed by king Rajadhi rajasinghe.
There after the groundwork for a botanical garden was formed by Alexander moon in 1821.
The garden cover an area about 147 acres. It's elevation above sea level is 1600ft.
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