Need a bathroom at 8.40 - are the Maligawa toilets even open or is the police map the only honest answer
Three hours on the kerb. Queen's won't let non-guests through the lobby. Temple wall is right there. Official site says the Maligawa is open until 8. Are the toilets inside still a thing at 8.40 during Perahera or will they turn us away at the scanner. Kid is doing the dance.
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Do not count on walking into the Maligawa at 8.40. Public hours are 5.30-8.00 and the evening theva is 6.30-8.00 - and right now the grounds are the stage the procession is returning to, not a visitor toilet. Hotel lobbies on the route will gatekeep. Use the police Perahera map's sanitary-facility pins (kandyesalaperahera.police.lk) or peel inland one block to a small hotel / restaurant that is actually serving.
Last night the temple gate was a wall of people and uniforms. We used a guesthouse bathroom two streets back after buying two waters. That is the real economy.
The new info system was built for this - parking, route, viewing, sanitary facilities, missing persons. If the pin is 10 minutes away, start now. Hotline 081 22 33 333 if you cannot load it.
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