situated in the southwestern Sri Lanka is the 7362ft peak of sri pada, the 'holy footprint'. also known as Adam's peak and samanalakande (the butterfly mountain) because of the myriads of small butterflies that fly from all over the island to die upon the sacred mountain. the footprint however is claimed by 4 of the world's major religions to be their unique identity. as for hindus, they believed that it was the world creative dance of the god siva that left the giant printing, while buddhist believed it was left by the buddha during the final of his legendary visit to sri lanka. christians on the other hand claimedit to be the footprint of st. thomas, the first brought christianity to sri lanka. it is the footprintof Prophet Adam (A.S) where he stood for a 1000 years of penance on one foot. when he was expelled from heaven, God put him on the peak to make the shock less terrible- Ceylon being tht place on eaarth closest to and most like heaven. it is a 5ft 7inc x 2ft 6inc impression where votive offerings are made, especially of a coil of silver as long as the donor is tall, for recovery from sickness and rain-water taken from the footprint is known to have a wonderful healing power.
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