ADAM’S PEAK (the place where Adam first srt foot on Earth after being cast out of Heaven) SRI PADA (sacred footprint, left by the BUDDHA as he headed towards paradise!), or perhaps most poetically known as SAMANALAKANDE (butterfly mountain: where butterflies go to die). Some believe the huge 'footprint' crowning the peak to be that of St Thomas, the early apostle of INDIA or even of LORD SHIVA. ADAM’S PEAK saves its most breathtaking moment for just after dawn. The sun casts a perfect shadow of the peak onto the misty clouds down towards the coast. As the sun rises higher this eerie triangular shadow races back towards the peak, eventually disappearing into its base.