Lou Wilson
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Also Known as Adams Peak in Sri Lanka. A trek for 12 hours up one side or 4 up an easier route to the the top of Sri Pada or Adams Peak has been going on for centuries. An ancient pilgrimage, which has long attracted thousands of pilgrims from perhaps all faiths, is the pilgrimage to the sacred mountain, Sri Pada, popularly known in English as Adam's Peak. It is a conical mountain 7,360 feet (2,243 meters) high, soaring clear above the surrounding mountain ranges. According to a legend, when the Buddha visited Ceylon he planted one foot on the north of the royal city and the other on Sumana-kuta (Adam's Peak) fifteen yojanas, or about hundred miles distant.
Buddhist pilgrims climbs the 2245m (7242ft) high mountain to honor the legendary footprint of Buddha. Approx. 300.000 pilgrims visit this place a year. Sri Pada means holy footprint. To the Hindus the mountain is holy for another reason: they call it Shivas Peak. Christians from the old Indian Church think that the apostle Thomas have lived there during his mission in India, and the Muslims call it Adam's Peak and interpret the footprints as those of the first man. In the history of religions, Sri Pada is a holy mountain of classic importance.
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http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...mp; nocache=1
See photo in http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...hp?photo=17596
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