Sri Pada (Mountain of Butterflies)

This is the only mountain in the world where 4 major religions get together & worship. For the Buddhist, the imprint found on the summit of the mountain is the hallowed footprint of the Lord Buddha. Hence they call “SriPada”. For the Hindus, the footprint is that of God Shiva. For the Christians, it is the footprint of St. Thomas, and for the Islam, it is the foot print of Adam, hence the title “Adam’s Peak”. Another name given by Sinhalese is “Samanala Kanda” meaning Butterfly Mountain due to the fleet of butterflies fling around with the start of the season.
It is 2243m in height above the sea level and about 27km (16 miles) from bottom to the top by foot or 14.4km (9 miles) by vehicle and 12km (7 miles) by foot to the top of the pointed peak.