අවස්තා තුනකදී දින 8ක් කැප කරමින් සමුහයේ කිහිපදෙනෙක් සහ අප මේ වැඩ කටයුත්ත සිදු කරන ලද්දේ බොහෝ වෙහෙස මහන්සියක් මැද ස්වේඡ්චාවෙන් වන අතර අප මුහුණ දුන් අභියෝග මහන්සිය මෙහි සඳහන් කිරීමට නොහැකි තරම්ය. සමස්තයක් වශයෙන් සමූහයේ 25 දෙනෙකු පමණ දින 8ක් තුල තම ශ්‍රමය උපරිමයෙන් නොඅඩුව මෙම වැඩසටහනට ලබා දුන් අතර මෙම අවස්ථාවේ මම ඔබ සියලුදෙනාට ස්තුතිය පුද කර සිටිමි. මෙම දින තුල ඔවුන් හට කිසිදු අඩුපාඩුවක් නැතිව කලට වෙලාවට සියලුම ආහාරපාන ලබා දුන් අතර ඒ සියල්ල අපිට උයාපිහා දුන් තිලක් අයියාද අමතක කල නොහැක.

සමනල කන්ද රසික එකමුතුව is the only Facebook group in Sri Lanka dedicated to one destination as Holy Peak, Sripadaya. We have created this group in January 2019 for targeting conservation in peak wilderness and make awareness on the pilgrimage. We have launched the first Project in December 2019 as preparation for the 2019/20 Siripa Season. And we have contributed to a project launched by Derana TV and we undertook the Erathna route on that project. And now we were able to do our second project for the 2020/21 Siripa season.

This is the first time that my wife visited peak wilderness for the pilgrimage of holy foot-print. We had this on a poya day as the Uda Maluwa is open on poya days. We headed to Hatton by night mail the previous day and we have arranged a van to pick up us from there and to Nallathanniya for Rs.3,500/-. We started our hike in the dawn and slowly we were able to reach the summit at 12 noon and fortunately, the Uda Maluwa was open for worship.

Another off season Sri pada hike along the easiest route but through the mist.

This is to show the rare beauty of Peak Wilderness forest reserve under heavy storm an rainy season. All of these photos and videos were taken during the off season by few of members at සමනල කන්ද රසික එකමුතුව. They were able to experienced this amazing views during their journey which was had unexpected situation like this. You can see the beauty of Siripa trails from this report asyou don’t need to get this physical experience as it is rare and dangerous.

Ballabandigala (බල්ලාබැඳිගල ) / Bellanbandigala (බෙල්ලන්බැඳිගල) is a 1935m height beautiful destination in peak wilderness and it belongs to the Nallathanniya route as it’s neighbor is Yaka Andu Gala (යකා ඇඩූ ගල ) and the waterfall. I have planned this hike since March 2018 but was not able to make it realize due to some issues. Even though we planned this hike in January 2019 but due to a very urgent matter we had to postpone this hike at the last moment. Finally, I had to make this hike realize with Sajith and Migara on a weekend in October.

Sripada (Adam’s Peak) is currently my favorite destination in Sri Lanka. I still remember that I had 2-3 opportunities to go to Sripada in 2003 and 2006, but I was afraid to go there as I asked that there are about 10-15km to be walked. At that time as I am a school student I don’t have any interest to go there. But soon after my adventure life began in 2010, I was planning to go there with my parents and sisters as they also need to have that experience.

Sri Pada Battulu Oya waterfall trail is a different experience to worship sacred peak. We have come across 12+ waterfalls in this route.

Ballabendigala / Ballanbendigala / Ballanbendihela is the highest point of Kegalle District. It is a good observation point of Sri Pada mountain.

සමනල රක්ෂිතය යනු පූජනීය ස්ථානයක් බඳුය. උතුම් බුදු සිරි පතුල පිහිටි සමනොළගිර වන්දනාමාන කිරීමට උචිත උඳුවප් පොහොය සිට වෙසක් පොහොය දක්වා කාලය වාරය (Season) ලෙස හඳුන්වන අතර එය දළ වශයෙන් මාස පහකි. ඉතිරි මාස 7 අවාරය (Off-Season) ලෙස හඳුන්වන අතර ඈත අතීතයේ පටන් පැමිණි සම්ප්‍රදාය වනුයේ එයයි. එය හුදෙක් ආගමක් සම්බන්ධ වූ නියමයක් නොවන්නේ ඒ තුළ පරිසරයේ නියමයන් අන්තර්ගත වී ඇති හෙයිනි.

This was my 11th visit to Sri pada and third off season hike. No matter how often I visit this sacred mountain I never get enough as this Sri pada Sanctuary is the best place on earth by means of bio Diversity and uniqueness.

Off season Sri Pada visit permits to view number of cascades in it’s full phase. This is my attempt to cover waterfalls at Hatton-Sri Pada trail and around Hatton.