Adam's Peak
From all corners of this enchanted isle they come,
clouds of small yellow butterflies, drawn as if by magnet to the hill
country of southwestern Sri Lanka. Drifting above thousands of pilgrims
as they toil up the mountain, the butterflies eventually reach the
summit where a sacred footprint is embedded in a rock. Here, the
butterflies die. Or, as Buddhists believe, have been reincarnated into
another form. Their final flight of pilgrimage is to awe-inspiring
Adam’s Peak, a shared icon of four great faiths.
More about Adam’s Peak
Known in English as Adam’s Peak, this 2,234-metre (7,329-feet) mountain
has the remarkable distinction of being sacred to all of the major
faiths in Sri Lanka. “Sri Pada is the only mountain in the world
receiving veneration of devotes belonging to different faiths". To the
Buddhists, this is Sri Pada, where Lord Buddha left his footprint on the
summit during his third and final visit to the island. Hindus call the
peak Shivan Adi Patham, “the creative dance of Lord Shiva”, believing
that the footprint was left by Lord Shiva as he danced the world into
existence. In clear weather, the distinctive shape of Adam’s Peak is
visible far out to sea, and was used as a navigational aid for vessels
sailing the Indian Ocean. Arab traders, seeing the mountain from afar,
believed that its summit was where Adam first set foot on earth after
being cast out from Paradise. To make his expulsion less of a shock, God
chose the place on earth that most resembled Paradise. Thus it was that
Adam was set down in Sri Lanka, on the summit of this beautiful
mountain. Sri Lanka’s Muslims, for whom Adam is regarded as a prophet,
therefore hold the mountain as sacred. Christians also revere what they
call Adam’s Peak, believing that St Thomas, the apostle who brought
Christianity to southern India in 50 AD, left his footprint on the
summit.
Although there are three routes to the final summit trail, most
visitors to Adam’s Peak join pilgrims taking the shorter (but
nonetheless arduous) seven-kilometre (4.3 mile) climb not far from
Maskeliya. Most pilgrims climb during the night, intent on reaching the
summit to witness the miracle of a new day dawning and phenomenon known
as the 'ira-sevaya', believed to be the Sun God showing reverence to the
footprint atop this wondrous peak
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sunrise
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