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Sri Pada, also known as Adam's Peak or Adam's Mount, is a 2,243 metre (7,360 feet) tall, conical, mountain located in central Sri Lanka. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 897 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sri Pada Metadata This file...
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Sabaragamuwa is a province of Sri Lanka, and contains two main cities: Ratnapura and Kegalle. ...
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Geography
The mountain itself, is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands, in the Ratnapura district of the Sabaragamuwa Province - lying about 20 km northeast of the city of Ratnapura. The surrounding region is largely comprised of forested hills, with no mountain of comparable size nearby. Sabaragamuwa is a province of Sri Lanka, and contains two main cities: Ratnapura and Kegalle. ...
Ratnapura (රà¶à·Šà¶±à¶´à·”ර in Sinhala; இரதà¯à®¤à®¿à®©à®ªà¯à®°à®¿ in Tamil) (City of Gems in Sinhala & Tamil) is the name of the provincial capital of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka and the district in which the town is situated. ...
Both Ratnapura, and Ratnagiri (a historic term used to refer to the mountain), are derived from the Sinhala words rathna, meaning gem, and pura, meaning city - due to vast gem mines located in the region. Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , IPA: [], earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
Access to the mountain is generally provided by a bus that travels between Siripada and the nearby town of Maskeliya, to the northeast. The summit of the mountain, however, may only be reached on foot. At the summit may be found a rough impression in the rock shaped like a footprint (about 1.8 metres long). It is from this footprint that its present name is derived (Sri, meaning sacred, and Pada, meaning footprint).
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (837x582, 79 KB) [edit] Summary Sunrise on Adams Peak, Sri Lanka, 2002. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (837x582, 79 KB) [edit] Summary Sunrise on Adams Peak, Sri Lanka, 2002. ...
Nomenclature Due to its historical significance to the various peoples that inhabit the region, the mountain, itself, is referred to by a variety of terms.
Sri Pada is the term, derived from Sanskrit, used by the Sinhalese people in a religious context. This name is also understood in Pāli, and may be translated roughly as "the sacred foot". It refers to the footprint-shaped mark at the summit, which is believed by Buddhists to be that of the Buddha. Other traditions assert that it is the footprint of Adam, left by his first entrance into the world. The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...
Languages Sinhala Religions Theravada Buddhism, Christianity, small groups of atheists, agnostics, Muslims, others Related ethnic groups Indo-Aryans, Dravidians, Veddahs, Bengalis The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
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Michelangelos The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. ...
Shivanolipatha Malai and Shiva padam are two Tamil names holding similar meanings, but both refer to the footprint as being that of the Hindu deity Shiva rather than that of the Buddha. Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ...
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Shiva (also spelled Siva; Sanskrit ) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. ...
The Sinhala name of the mountain is Samanalakanda, which refers either to the deity Saman, who is said to live upon the mountain, or to the butterflies (samanalayā) that frequent the mountain during their annual migrations to the region. Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , IPA: [], earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
Other local and historic names include Ratnagiri ("jewelled hill"), Samantakuta ("surrounded by peaks"), Svargarohanam ("the climb to heaven"), Mount Rohana and other variations on the root Rohana.
The shadow on the Western side Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (838x590, 76 KB) From the summit of Adams Peak one can see the mountains shadow in the mist to the Western side shortly after sunset. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (838x590, 76 KB) From the summit of Adams Peak one can see the mountains shadow in the mist to the Western side shortly after sunset. ...
The Sacred Mountain It is revered as a holy site by Buddhists, Hindus, and to a lesser extent by Jews, Muslims and Christians. It has specific qualities that cause it to stand out and be noticed; including its dominant and outstanding profile, and the boulder at the peak that contains an indentation resembling a footprint. This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...
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It is an important pilgrimage site, especially for Hindus and Buddhists. Pilgrims walk up the mountain, following a variety of routes up thousands of steps. The journey takes several hours at least. The peak pilgrimage season is in April, and the goal is to be on top of the mountain at sunrise, when the distinctive shape of the mountain casts a triangular shadow on the surrounding plain and can be seen to move quickly downward as the sun rises. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
Climbing at night can be a remarkable experience, with the lights of the path leading up and into the stars overhead. There are rest stops along the way.
Legends The mountain can only be scaled from December to May. During other months it is hard to climb the mountain due to very heavy rain, extreme wind, and thick mist. It is almost impossible to hike there through lesser known jungle tracks because of flooding rivers and animals.
Buddhists say that the footprint mark is the left foot of the Buddha, left behind as he strode away, the right footprint being (depending on legend) in Amphoe Phra Phutthabat, Saraburi Province, located about 150 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, Thailand. This place is called in Thai Phra Bat or Phra Phutthabat. Phra Phutthabat (Thai พระพุทธบาท) is a district (Amphoe) located in Saraburi Province, Thailand. ...
Saraburi (Thai สระบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
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Tamil Hindus think it is the footprint of Shiva. Shiva (also spelled Siva; Sanskrit ) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. ...
Muslims and Christians in Sri Lanka ascribe it to where Adam, the first Ancestor, set foot as he was exiled from the Garden of Eden. Sometimes, Christians ascribe it to Saint Thomas as well. The legends of Adam are connected to the idea that Sri Lanka was the original Eden. The legends of Saint Thomas are connected to his status as the Apostle of India, though these are usually placed in adjacent peninsular India. Michelangelos The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. ...
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The Fall of Man by Lucas Cranach, a 16th century German depiction of Eden The Garden of Eden (from Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן ) is described in the Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve, lived after they were created by God. ...
A shrine to Saman, a Buddhist "deity" (People who have done yeoman service to regions are deified by Sri Lankans) charged with protecting the mountain top, can be found near the footprint.
Other information This mountain played a role in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novel The Fountains of Paradise. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ...
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 novel by Arthur C. Clarke. ...
This mountain also produces a very high grade White Tea, known as Adams Peak White Tea. This white tea is especially rare and only 30 kilograms are made on a weekly basis because only the best fresh shoots are selected and then withered and sun dried.
This mountain is also the setting and title of the Pahan Silu song Siripada (2007). Pahan Silu, which roughly translates to dancing candlelight from its original Sinhala (one of the three primary languages spoken on the island of Sri Lanka); is also the name of the band formed in late 2002 by American-born musician Priyan Weerappuli. ...
See also This footprint carved into the rock on Dunadd, in Argyll, is linked to the crowning of the Scots kings of Dál Riata. ...
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