Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak)





The region surrounding Adam’s Peak is a tropical rainforest and includes the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, created as a conservation zone in 1940.



Located in a beautiful area of the southern Hill Country, this lofty peak has sparked the imagination for centuries and been a focus for pilgrimage for more than 1000 years.


As dawn illuminates the holy mountain, the diffuse morning light uncovers the Hill Country rising in the east and the land sloping to the coast to the west. Colombo, 65km away, is easily visible on a clear day.


Adam’s Peak saves its most breathtaking moment for just after dawn. The sun casts a perfect shadow of the peak onto the misty clouds down towards the coast. As the sun rises higher this triangular shadow races back towards the peak, eventually disappearing into its base.


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The Annual Sri Pada Season





The Sri Pada pilgrimage is a seasonal event that takes place between the months of December to May each year, where thousands flock to pay homage to sacred footprint atop the Adam's Peak.


Adam’s Peak, mountain in southwestern Sri Lanka. It is 7,559 feet (2,304 metres) high and located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ratnapura, the capital of Sabaragamuwa province. It is well known for the Sri Pada (Sinhala for “Sacred Footprint”), a hollow that is 67 inches (170 cm) long and 18 inches (46 cm) wide and resembles the print of a human foot. The Sri Pada is venerated by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, and Muslims. Many pilgrims of all faiths visit the peak every year.



History





Variously known as Sri Pada (Sacred Footprint, left by the Buddha as he headed towards paradise), Adam’s Peak (the place where Adam first set foot on earth after being cast out of heaven), or perhaps most poetically as Samanala Kanda (Butterfly Mountain; where butterflies go to die). In season, the route is illuminated by a sparkling ribbon of lights which are visible from miles around and from afar look like a trail of stars leading into the heavens. Many pilgrims prefer to make the longer, more tiring – but equally well-marked and lit – seven-hour climb from Ratnapura via the Carney Estate because of the greater merit thus gained.



Tourists waiting for the sunrise.



Sri Pada Uda Maluwa where "Sacred Footprint" is left.



Shadow of Sri Pada in the morning.



Devotees paying homage to the Foot Print of the Lord Buddha.



Japanese Peace Stupa or Peace Pagoda at the foot of Adams Peak.



Capturing a glimpse of the sunrise.



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