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Kandy Lake

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Kandy Lake (Sinhala: නුවර වැව), also known as Kiri Muhuda or the Sea of Milk, is an artificial lake in the heart of the hill city of Kandy, Sri Lanka, was built in 1807 by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe next to the Temple of the Tooth. It is a protected lake, with all fishing prohibited.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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