The annual pilgrim season to Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) commences on 13 December, a full moon Poya Day in the Sinhalese month of Uduwap. The commencement is marked by the taking the statue of God Saman, the guardian deity of the sacred mountain, from the Buddhist temple, Galpottawala Sri Pada Raja Maha Viharaya at Pelmadulla where the statue remains during the rest of the year, in a procession to its shrine atop Adam's Peak in the early hours of December 13. The pilgrim season continues for 06 months and ends on the full moon day of May 2017.
Sri Pada, the fourth tallest mountain towering 2,234 m above sea level, lies in central Sri Lanka, 40 km northeast of the city of Ratnapura and 32 km southwest of the city of Hatton. Buddhists believe that its summit contains the sacred foot print of the Buddha while Hindus claim that it belongs to God Shiva.
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