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Muhudu Rala- මුහුදු රළ

ජීවිතයේ සුන්දරත්වය..

ජීවිතය ගැන බොහෝ දෙනා විවිධ පුරසාම් දොඩනවා.. ඇත්තටම අපි හරි විදියට ජීවත් වෙනවද ? මේක හැමෝටම තියෙන ලොකු ප්‍රශ්නයක්... කොච්චර ලස්සනට ජීවත් වෙනවා කියල රටට ලෝකෙට පෙන්නුවත්.. ඒ ජීවිත වලත් ප්‍රශ්න ගැටළු නැතුව නෙවෙයි... ප්‍රශ්න අවම කරගෙන ජීවත් වීම වඩාත් සුදුසුයි... මේ අතරේ රටට ලෝකෙට නොපෙන්වා තමන්ගේ දුක් ගැටළු මකාගෙන ජීවත් වෙන පිරිසකුත් අපේ සමාජේ ඉන්නවා, ඒ අය බොහොම යහපත් විදියට ජීවිත ගත කරනවා... මම හිතන්න ඕනේ මම ජීවත් වෙන විදියෙන් තව කෙනෙකුට හිංසාවක් පීඩාවක් නොවී ජීවත් වෙන්න... අපි එහෙම හිතමු.... ලංකාවේ ඔහොම තමයි I don't know why කිය කියා ඉන්නේ නැතුව මගේ ජීවිතය හදා ගමු...

අකිල පීරිස්.

Sri Padaya - ශ්‍රී පාදය 

Geography

The mountain is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands in the Ratnapura District and Nuwara Eliya district of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Central Province —lying about 40 km northeast of the city of Ratnapura and 32 km southwest of the city of Hatton. The surrounding region is largely forested hills, with no mountain of comparable size nearby. The region along the mountain is a wildlife reserve, housing many species varying from elephants to leopards, and including many endemic species.

Adam's Peak is important as a watershed. The districts to the south and the east of Adam's Peak yield precious stones—emeralds, rubies and sapphires, for which the island has been famous, and which earned for its ancient name of Ratnadvipa.^[3]

Trails

The Holy peak viewed at Adiyamalatenna Ambalama – Kuruwita-Erathna trail

Access to the mountain is possible by 6 trails: Ratnapura-Palabaddala, Hatton-Nallathanni, Kuruwita-Erathna, Murraywatte, Mookuwatte and Malimboda. The Nallathanni & Palabaddala routes are most favored by those undertaking the climb, while the Kuruwita-Erathna trail is used less often; these trails are linked to major cities or town by bus, accounting for their popular use. The Murraywatte, Mookuwatte and Malimboda routes are hardly used, but do intersect with the Palabaddala road midway through the ascent. The usual route taken by most pilgrims is ascent via Hatton and descent via Ratnapura; although the Hatton trail is the steepest, it is also shorter than any of the other trails by approximately five kilometers.

Once one of the starting 'nodes' of Palabadalla, Nallathanni or Erathna are reached, the rest of the ascent is done on foot through the forested mountainside on the steps built into it. The greater part of the track leading from the base to the summit consists of thousands of steps built in cement or rough stones. The trails are illuminated with electric light, making night-time ascent possible and safe to do even when accompanied by children. Rest stops and wayside shops along the trails serve refreshments and supplies.

Whilst there are many ancient monuments on the mountain, there is an important Peace Pagoda located halfway up, built by Nipponzan Myohoji in 1978.