Talk:Adam's Peak

Legends and beliefs

Sri Pada is the only mountain in the world receiving the veneration of devotees belonging to four major religions Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity.

Buddhism: According to one legend the Buddha is believed to have left the print of his left foot on Adam’s Peak, and then, in one stride crossed to Siam, (now Thailand) where he left the impression of his right foot. The Thai version is called Phra Sat, and its appearance is supposed to be like that of the foot print on Adam’s Peak and it is of similar size. Other, similar footprints were found in Laos (Pha Baat Phonsan), Cambodge (Phnom Santuk) and China (Wu-Tai Shan). Buddhists attribute this universal size (such is the belief) to the fact that the Buddha was about thirty- five feet tall. The real footprint on Adam’s Peak is believed to be set in jewels beneath the visible rock.

Islam: Muslims record it as being the solitary footprint of Adam where he stood for a thousand years of penance on one foot. One Islamic story tells that when Adam was expelled from heaven, God put him on the peak to make the shock less terrible – Ceylon being that place on earth closest to and most like heaven. In view of this their belief that atop the mountain lies the sepulchre of Adam they call the mountain ‘Adam-malai’ (Mount of Adam).

Christian view: the Portuguese, who came to Sri Lanka in 1505, called the mountain Pico de Adam (anglicised Adam’s Peak). They held the belief that St. Thomas the Doubter, came to India and Sri Lanka, baptised Gondophorus, the Indo-Parthian king, and after leaving his footmark on the mountain, ascended to Heaven.

The Hindus believe that the footmark is that of Lord Shiva, the third godhead of the Hindu Holy Triad. The God is supposed to have settled on the summit to shed his divine light upon mankind. Hence they call the mountain ‘Sivanolipadam’ (Foot of Shiva’s Light). The votaries of Shiva ascend the mountain beseeching divine help and providence to be born in the celestial abode (i.e. Mt. Kailas in Tibet). To note here, that there exists a view of a deeper connection between Adam’s Peak and Mt. Kailas, e.g. located on the same geo- graphical axis, having similar pyramidal shape, Adam’s Peak is sometimes considered as a natural and also spiritual “replica” of the Mt. Kailas, one of the holiest and the most enigmatic places on our planet

Whatever the belief, everybody who reaches the peak pays special tribute to the sun, and there is a ceremony at sunrise, which in itself justifies the difficult climb. Everybody reaching the top stands facing east with their hands held together in an attitude of adoration awaiting the emergence of the sun. They watch intently the changing colours of the sky prior to sunrise and just as the tip of the sun appears everybody cries out «Sadhu, sadhu, sa!» in a manner reminiscent of sun worship. And while a heavy bell is loudly rung a shade of pyramidal form appears near the mountain and stays for some instants. The shade has the dimensions of a perfect triangular pyramid even though the slopes of the peak are not so regular. This is perhaps an optical illusion, but it definitely adds to the mysticism that surrounds the mountain.

From ancient times until today Adam’s Peak has attained a legendary status as destination of a mystic pilgrimage. The pilgrimage season begins annually on the ‘Unduvap’ full moon day in December and ends on the ‘Vesak’ full moon day end April or May. During this open season pilgrims climb the mountain to pay homage to the sacred footmark. Votive offerings are made here, especially of a coil of silver as long as the donor is tall, for recovery from sickness; moreover, rainwater taken from the footprint is believed to have wonderful healing power.

I suggest adding or replacing the section "Legend" of the article by the text above, and/or to add the last para - on pilgrimage - to the section "The Sacred Mountain" ERASWK (talk) 08:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Isn't Sri Pada the moutain where the first Space Elevator is built in Arthur C. Clarke's Fountain of Paradise?41.83.12.220 (talk) 10:20, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Islamic Pilgrimage ?

I've never heard of this place being a pilgrimage site for Muslims. Is there a reliable reference for this claim ? MP (talk) 21:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

See [1], [2], [3], [4], Kataragama. I found more re Kataragama than Sri Pada. However, there does seem to be ample evidence that Sri Lankan Muslims share the reverence for the peak and probably join the pilgrimages up the mountain.

Strange, I just found out about Kataragama the other day, while looking for material on Al Khidr. Zora 00:06, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Um, here's a map of Kataragama, showing the mosque as part of a multi-religious complex -- [5]. Zora 00:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

The Adam's Peak is indeed an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims (as well as for Hindus, Bussists and some Christians). On your query please see the Mislum myths, Modern Muslim traditions concerning Adam's footprint, and Muslim cult by the footprint in the book "The Sacred Footprint" A Cultural History of Adam's Peak by Markus Aksland, 2001, pp. 118-140, ISBN 974-8304-65-5ERASWK (talk) 07:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC) ERASWK

Footprint

There seems to be some folklore regarding a footprint at the top of this peak. Is there any chance that someone could obtain a photograph of it for the article? SCmurky 09:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Name of the article

I find that "Adam's Peak" (62,700 Google hits and called the same thing in EB) is far more common than "Sri Pada" (30,600 Google hits). Shouldn't this article be called "Adam's Peak"? --vi5in^[talk] 17:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Going over the history, I find that this article was originally named Adam's Peak before being moved. --vi5in^[talk] 17:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

"Sri Pada" isn't the name of the mountain, just of the "footprint" at the top. The Tamil name of the mountain is Sivanolipatha Malai, the Sinhalese one "Samanalakanda". We should go for the English name already to avoid having to decide between the Sinhalese and the Tamil one. --dab (𒁳) 16:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

the article was moved by copy-paste in December 2005. Hence, part of the edit history is found at Samanalakanda now. --dab (𒁳) 17:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I've fixed the copy-paste move, so all the edit history is now in one place. Graham87 10:25, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

What do the locals of that nation call it? Isn't that normally the name to go by? Sparks of not just a little cultural imperialism to try to hijack the name. Doesn't mean Adam's Peak can't be included as part of history. 96.31.177.52 (talk) 10:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

No, look below where this is discussed. We use the name most commonly used in English language reliable sources. That's because we are the English language Wikipedia. Dougweller (talk) 11:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 19:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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Sri Pada → Adam's Peak – back to the former title per WP:USEENGLISH and WP:COMMONNAME. Adam's Peak is the most common English name, with 425,000 google results versus 186,000 for "Sri Pada". In addition, almost all English guide books use the name Adam's Peak. Relisted. Favonian (talk) 12:31, 19 May 2013 (UTC). Zanhe (talk) 08:07, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

• Support per nom and comments in the previous section about what Sri Pada specifically refers to. —  AjaxSmack  01:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose As my knowledge the name Sri pada is the most commonly used name. --PHEONIXTER 11:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

• I have no doubt that Sri Pada is the more common name in Sri Lanka. But as shown above, in the wolrdwide English-speaking community, Adam's Peak is more common. -Zanhe (talk) 08:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

• For those interested, User:Zanhe's rationale is supported by the last point at WP:COMMONALITY. —  AjaxSmack  20:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

• Support – Adam's Peak seems to be at least 5X more common in books, even if you constrain the search with terms like "footprint". Dicklyon (talk) 22:07, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

• Support seems to be the common name in English. -- Ohc ^¡digame!_{¿que pasa?} 09:53, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Discussion

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Sessional Shadow motion of Adam's peak by Eco Astronomy sri Lanka--->link Data--->EASL_http://ecoastronomysrilanka.dsdweb.info/index.php/2013-08-16-06-04-50

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File:Sessional Shadow motion of Adam's Peak

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.172.46 (talk) 20:14, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Page Heading

More than 95% of pilgrimages called this place as Sri Pada. and more than 95% of pilgrimages are Buddhists. Because of that my suggestion is, this article heading should be Sri Pada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdhdineshkumara (talk • contribs) 09:44, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

See WP:COMMONNAME - "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources." --NeilN ^{talk to me} 10:47, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2015

change the name of this place everywhere it is visible to "Sri Pada", from Adam's peak. you can refer in brackets as 'adam's peak' but the place was named originally as the "Sri Pada", then the British who invaded sri lanka started calling it adam's peak etc. 123.231.123.151 (talk) 09:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

 Not done as WP:COMMONNAME - "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources." - Arjayay (talk) 10:15, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

if you search on Google Adam peak its result About 62,400,000 results (0.39 seconds) and if you search Sri Pada About 2,250,000 results (0.42 seconds)

and Adam is first human in this world and father of whole nation but Buddha have father its name King Śuddhodana how to possible human create a God Buddha

Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2015

Pcpasindu (talk) 12:13, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Kharkiv07^Talk 13:08, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 April 2015

Thanuran Thanu (talk) 05:27, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Jamietw (talk) 05:28, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 18 December 2015

Adam's Peak → ? – Place here your rationale for the proposed page name change, ideally referring to applicable naming convention policies and guidelines, and providing evidence in support where appropriate. If your reasoning includes search engine results, please present Google Books or Google News Archive results before providing other web results. Do not sign this. Channasandeepanaperera (talk) 06:51, 18 December 2015 (UTC)