Sri Pada - The holiest of the holy hills

Sri Pada - The holiest of the holy hills

• Sri Pada (Adam's peak) - The sacred mount ( Sri Pada or Adam's peak as it was known to the early West was in the limelight from times before the recorded history of the Island. By the time Macedon's illustrious son, Alexander the Great, Greek warrior king and empire builder is believed to have visited Sri pada (circa. 324 B.C.), the peak was already held in veneration.)
• Sri Pada - Glorious shadow and its parallels the holiest of the holy hills (According to another legend the Buddha is believed to have left the print of his left foot on Adam's Peak.)
• The lure of Sri Pada (This mountain is also known as Samantakuta, Sumanakuta, Samanalakanda, Samanhela, Samangira, Medumhelaya etc. The Christians call the mountain Adam's Peak, derived from the Portuguese Pico de Adam (Peak of Adam).)