A view of Adam's Peak near Ella in sri Lanka on a sunny day with blue sky.


Adam's Peak is a 2,243Êm (7,359Êft) tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada, , "sacred footprint", a Êm (5Êft 11Êin) rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas.


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Location: Adam's Peak, Near Ella, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
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