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Triangularity
Sri Pada is Sri Lanka’s second highest mountain. It is 2.243 meter high and gives an incredible view across the island. Sri Pada means ‘sacred footprint’. In the Buddhist tradition, this refers to the ‘footprint of the Buddha’, which according to the story, was left on the mountain by the Buddha when he visited the island for the third and last time. Therefore, the mountain is considered holy by the Sri Lankans and the walk up to the top as a pilgrimage.
Just after sunrise, the triangular shape of the mountain becomes visible due to the mountain’s shadow that is projected on the landscape by the sun. At the peak’s spot where this phenomenon can be viewed, a metal umbrella is placed. The resemblance of the shape of the metal umbrella and the mountain’s shadow is remarkable, and just asked to be captured.
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Triangularity
Sri Pada is Sri Lanka’s second highest mountain. It is 2.243 meter high and gives an incredible view across the island. Sri Pada means ‘sacred footprint’. In the Buddhist tradition, this refers to the ‘footprint of the Buddha’, which according to the story, was left on the mountain by the Buddha when he visited the island for the third and last time. Therefore, the mountain is considered holy by the Sri Lankans and the walk up to the top as a pilgrimage.
Just after sunrise, the triangular shape of the mountain becomes visible due to the mountain’s shadow that is projected on the landscape by the sun. At the peak’s spot where this phenomenon can be viewed, a metal umbrella is placed. The resemblance of the shape of the metal umbrella and the mountain’s shadow is remarkable, and just asked to be captured.
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