Prince of Wales Fountain

This built by the association of coffee plantation's in Srilanka. Usually people call this " Koopi Mala" mean Coffee flower

Nice fountain near the entrance to the Temple of Tooth Relic.

Nice place it's near the sri dalala maligawa

Popularly Known among locals as Coffee planters fountain. It was build by coffee planters of Ceylon to commemorate the visit of the His Royal Highness of Prince of Wales in 1873. Initially coffee was the main crop of Sri Lanka exports, before tea became popular. In 1873 the Coffee plantations were thriving and Sri Lanka had become on of the largest Coffee produces in the world. So Coffee planters were both rich and powerful at that time. This fountain was built in a form of a coffee flower and manufactured in a factory in Glasgow, imported in parts and assembled here.

Kandy, the last capital of Sri Lanka, was declared as an world heritage city in 1988. With 2500 years of flourishing buddhist heritage and British architecture since 1815, it a city you will find little jewels everywhere you turn. Walking pass the car park of Dalada Maligawa towards the Natha Devalaya, you will come across this beautifully crafted fountain reminiscent of the British architecture. Before tea became one of the major agricultural products of the country, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was one of the biggest coffee producers of world. The coffee production peaked in 1870 with over 275,000 acres being cultivated. When the Prince of Wales announced his plan to visit this hill city, the coffee planters of the country had built this fountain to commemorate this event. The fountain built in form of a Coffee Flower has been manufactured at the factory in Glasgow using the metal alloy pewter has been imported in parts. It has been assembled and completed in Kandy and activated for first time for the visit of the prince. The plaque at the fountain reads ; ERECTED BY THE COFFEE PLANTERS OF CEYLON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VISIT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES TO KANDY DECEMBER 1873 This fountain still remains in its original form and is used during ceremonies in Kandy. During the annual Esala Perahera this becomes one of the main water sources for the numerous elephants in the pageant. This monument is now maintained by the DFCC Bank.