Sri Padasthanaya...🙏❤🙏

Sri Padasthanaya...🙏❤🙏

My favorite place in my life.🤩😍🤩

• Sri Padasthan is the Siri Patula located at the top of Samanala Mountain and the Buddhist shrine built in connection with it.  The Buddha's left Siripa sign is established there.

• Mount Sripada is located in the central highlands of Ratnapura district in Sabaragamuwa province.  It is about 2243 meters high. 

• Sripadasthan is a sacred place of pilgrimage for Buddhists.  The area around Mount Sripada is surrounded by large mountain ranges.  Animals such as elephants, tigers, bears, as well as monodemic species live there.

• Sripada Kanda can be reached by about 6 routes.  Ratnapura-Palabaddala, Hatton-Nallathanni, Kuruvita-Eratna, Muryawatta, Mookuwatta and Malimboda roads can be called as those roads.  Out of these 6 routes, 2 Nallathanni and Palabaddala routes are very famous.

Highest Point

Altitude         - 2,243 meters ( 7,359 ft )

Coordinates - 6.80962 N 80.4994 E

Naming

Native Name - Sinhala : Sri Padaya, 

                            Tamil     : Sivanolipadmalai

Geography