Burnt Rice Beach

A few years after Mahsuri's premature death, the formidable Siamese army made an attack on the island in 1821. In desperation, the chief Dato' Karma Jaya ordered the granary to be burnt down to prevent the storage of rice from falling into Siamese hands. Kampong Raja at Padang Matsirat was the ancient capital of Langkawi, where the island's rice granary was located there. The remnants of dark grainy sand (burnt rice) can still be seen at this beach known as the Burnt Rice (beach) in Pantai Beras Terbakar especially after a heavy downfall that washes out the odd blackened grain or so.