mountain in southwestern Sri Lanka, 2,243m high and 18 km northeast of Ratnapura. Its conical summit terminates in an oblong platform about 22 by 7 m, on which there is a large hollow resembling the print of a human foot. The depression is venerated alike by -Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus, who respectively regard it as the footprint of the Buddha, Adam, and Shiva. Many pilgrims of all faiths visit the peak every year. Heavy chains on the mountain's southwestern face, said to have been placed there by Alexander the Great, mark the route to the summit.
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