Sri padaya , Greatest mountain of the world

Sri pada, the ho­­­­liest mountain in the island of Sri Lanka which stands 2243 meters (7,359) from sea level, is one of the most worshipped mountains in the whole world. The purpose of this blog is to help and guide the people who are willing to go to worship the foot print of the Lord Buddha. You can read about Sri Pada and find many interesting and historical facts from the list of sites on the right side of the list of links..



How to get there

There are 6 trails to Sri Pada Mountain. They are as follows,

• Ratnapura / Palabaddala way
• Hatton / Nallathanni way
• Kuruvita / Erathana way
• Muray waththa
• Mookuwatha
• Malinboda

Of all these ways which lead to the mountain of Sri Padaya, most of the worshipers use only Nallathanni and Palabaddala Routes. But the Kuruvita /Erathna route is also getting popular because of the beauty of it’s natural environment. We will give you a detailed description of the three main routes to Sri Pada , so before the season ends “WORSHIP THE HOLIEST MOUNTAIN”

RATNAPURA /PALABADDALA ROUTE.

Starting from Ratnapura town you have to go to Plalabaddala from where the climb starts. It is about 11 Kilometers from Palabaddala to Sri Padaya.
There are 37 Kilometers from Ratanapura town to sri palabaddala.
From Ratnapura there is a bus service to Palabaddala. The schedule of buses is as follows.

First bus starts at 6.30 in the morning.
No of the Bus is 477.
Every 30 minutes there are buses until 19.15 PM (7.15 pm)
Last bus is at 19.15(7.15)

For more details you can contact Ratnapura Deport on 045-2222281.

Rathanpura Route