Siripada is a sacred mountain which is situated in the in the hill country. Many pilgrims from different faiths flock to to siripada to worship and get the blessings of god sumana saman. history says our greatest teacher lord buddha visited siripada. The name " siripada" means the food print of loard buddha.Samanala Kanada or butterfly mountain is another name given to this sacred mountain. in english it is callef Adam's peak. The height of siripada is 2230 meters above sea level. The four main rivers of sri lanaka mahaweli,kalu,kelani and walawe descend from samanala mountain. Smanala kanda is a 2243 m high conical mountain located in central sri lanka.
Different kinds of birds and wildlife couls be found in the surrounding are of the mountain. many pilgrims pay a visit to siripada during the six month period between unduvap full moon poyaday to vesak full moon poyaday. There are two routes to the sacred mountain. The rathanapura road and the hatton road.there is a panoramic view from the top of the mountain . During the night siripada mountain is illuminated by electric bulbs.
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