ANCIENT CORONATION CHAIR OF THE KINGS OF KANDY RESTORED TO CEYLON. —During his visit to Ceylon, while en route to Australia, the Duke of Gloucester, on behalf of the King, restored to the Ceylon Government the famous Coronation Chair, in which the Kings of Kandy were crowned before the colony was transferred to Britain early in the nineteenth century. The throne hat been located at Windsor Castle for the past hundred years. The photograph, shows the great, Perahera (festival torchlight procession), in which Kandyan dancers and 86 elephants took part at the close of the ceremonies.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19960, 19 November 1934, Page 8
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96ANCIENT CORONATION CHAIR OF THE KINGS OF KANDY RESTORED TO CEYLON.—During his visit to Ceylon, while en route to Australia, the Duke of Gloucester, on behalf of the King, restored to the Ceylon Government the famous Coronation Chair, in which the Kings of Kandy were crowned before the colony was transferred to Britain early in the nineteenth century. The throne hat been located at Windsor Castle for the past hundred years. The photograph, shows the great, Perahera (festival torchlight procession), in which Kandyan dancers and 86 elephants took part at the close of the ceremonies. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19960, 19 November 1934, Page 8
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