Indikatupana / ඉඳිකටුපාන

Magnificent, the place is truly beautiful. It's a long and difficult journey to get there but it's definitely worth it. The view of the valley, the pagoda, the waterfalls and the lake is exceptional. The path and stairs to get there are very clean and well maintained. It will be very difficult for a person with reduced mobility to get there but there are, I remember, porters ready to help. The view is magnificent early in the morning when the mist clears. The site is free.

Please note this is a fantastic activity not to be missed. But believe me, this does require some physical effort. You don't just do this. It requires endurance and perseverance. The climb takes between 3 and 4 hours. The last part is also the toughest. The summit is therefore a euphoric moment. You have to deal with stiff legs for 2 to 3 days. This activity is free.

Room was clean and the staff is friendly, however the shower had cold water, my towel had a dirty spot and the breakfast was burned, and one electricity spot wasn't working in the room. When I mentioned those things, the staff tried to make a solution which was good, I could charge my phone in another room, I got a new towel and they tried to give me warm water. Due to the rain the electricity went out more often. And indeed, there are a lot of high stairs to get to the room.

Is a landmark which is on the way to "
"Samanola Kanda", where the foot print of the most sacred Lord Buddha is believed to be situated.

ඉදිකටුපාන කියන්නේ අලුතින් සිරීපාදේ වන්දනා කරන්න යන කෝඩුකාරයන් ඉදිකටුවක් හා නූල් බෝලයක් රැගෙන ගොස් මෙම ස්ථානයේදී ඉදිකට්ටේ නූල අමුනා එම ඉදිකට්ට මෙම ස්ථානයේ රඳවා නූල ඇදගෙන ඉහලට පඩිපෙල් තුලින් ගමන් කිරීමට සැකසුනු ස්ථානයකි. මෙය අතීත මුතුන් මිත්තන් විසින කරගෙන ආ සාම්ප්‍රදායික කටයුත්තකි.

මලුවෙන් බහින අය එන්න හදල තියෙන්නෙ වම් අත පැත්තෙන්. ඒකියන්නෙ ඉදිකටුපාන පැත්තෙ. ඒත් උඩට නගින අයත් එන්නෙ ඒ පැත්තෙන් ඉදිකටුපාන හරියෙදි. ඉතින් එතන තදබදේ. මිනිස්සු බැනගන්නවා. පහල ඉදන් එන කට්ටිය දන්නෑ උඩ ඉදම්ම කට්ටිය බහින්නෙ ඒ පැත්තෙන් කියල. අනික මේ ඉදිකටුපානෙ වැඩෙ නිසා පරිසර හානිය ගැන කවුරුත් කතා කරන්නෑ. නූල් පැටලිලා හැමතැනම.

ඉදිකටුපානෙන් සන්කේතවත් කරන්නෙ බුදුරදුන්ගෙ සිවුර ඉරිල මහපු එක. ඉතින් ඒ වගේ දෙයකට නූලක් ඇදල පරිසරේට දාන එකේ තියන තේරුම මොකක්ද. බුදුරදුන් අද හිටියනම් සිතා දුක්වේවි මම සිවුර මහගත්තු එකෙනුත් මේ මිනිස්සු අන්ධබක්තිකයන් වෙලා කියලා.

When we are go to Sivanolipatha malai from Hatton route then it's a best way to take bypass from here to Ratnapura route. Otherwise in the sessional time got stuck in the Nallathanni Hatton route.it's around 1.5km from the top

Devotees who are worshipping Sripada for the very first time have to perform a ritual at this point to make a braid using a needle & a thread, hence the name Indikatupana. You can see white threads along the trail for a few hundred meters starting from this point.

A journey so tiring, the tranquillity one finds at the end is beyond any comprehensible joy or satisfaction.

People those making their maiden pilgrimage are supposed to thread needles and unravel along this part of the mountain on thier way up. The climb from here is comparatively difficult.

It is really nice place, who are going to first time take a needle and thread. And they take the thread along the steps as far as they can

This is a place we have to face when go through the journey to sri pada. People going there for the first time do something like knitting with the help of a needle & a thread. This is a tradition.

Idikatupana is a special place along the Sripada treck to the top (From Nallathanniya Entrence). First time travelers who called "Kodukara" in Sinhala, have some special rituals to do as bringing a needles and threads and keep it in Indikatupana. In the morning you can see nice view of the sun rising.

Interesting place on the Sri Pada path. This is the border point between, Central and Sabaragamuwa Province.

Indikatupana is located in Nuwaraeliya district, Sri Lanka. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 1924 metres.
It’s very important and interesting places for Sri lankans and it’s very important place for those who climb Sri Pada mountain (Adam’s peak) for first time.

In the pilgrimaģe of sripada by hatton maskeliya rõad here is the boarder of central province and sabaragamuwa province.as we know.the area of god sùmana saman starts here. So there is a big worship here doing by the name of god saman. There is a shortcut to kuruvita erathna road from here. It may be a little adventure to you.some visitors had to return from here because of the big crowd iņ here. So lets be cool and calm

Idikatupana or Geththampana is called the place of threads. Anyone who climb up the sri pada for 1st time, he stop there to hang threaded needles on path side. This practice has established to provide needle and thread for those who followed the thorny bushes and patch up their cloths.

This on the way to Adams peak where pilgrims stick a needle at this place and take an attached cotton tread as lang as they can.

We accepted the challenge with more 5600 steps going up to the Adam peaks hight, you should be prepared well since you will get tired not easy but the view and seen is worth it.

It is traditional customs, when first hiking the Sri pada Mountain, white thread draw the left side of the road.