Aerial View of Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak,සමනළ කන්ද )

Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak also Sri Pada; Sinhalese Samanalakanda - සමනළ කන්ද “butterfly mountain“, and also ශ්‍රී පාදය “Sri Paadaya“; Tamil Sivanolipatha Malai - சிவனொளி பாதமலை), is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada, i.e., “sacred footprint“, a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that