Adam’s Peak

Local nameSri Paadaya Peak
LocationSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak or Śrī Pāda is a 2,243 m tall conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the "Śrī Pāda", i.e., "sacred footprint", a 1.8 m rock formation near the summit. In Buddhist tradition the print is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Hanuman or Shiva, i.e., "Mountain of Shiva's Light", and in some Islamic and Christian traditions that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas.The mountain is also known as Mount Malaya in Buddhist sources, particularly the Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra, which states that the Buddha preached this sutra on top of the mountain. According to this sutra, the mountain was the abode of Rāvanā, overlord of the Raskshasas and ruler of Laṅkā. Other names in Sanskrit sources include Mount Lanka, Ratnagiri, Malayagiri or Mount Rohana.The mountain is also seen as the abode of the deity Saman and also goes by various names associated with this, including Sumanakūta and Samanalakanda.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam's_Peak

Address Sri Lanka

Coordinates 6°48'33.916" N 80°29'57.795" E

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