The Police has cautioned the pilgrims to avoid bathing in streams and rivers in the area due to several deaths that were reported during the last season. Also the people are advised to refrain from consuming alcohol and narcotics and to avoid taking polythene, plastic and polythene to peak.

The casket of relics and the statue of Sumana Saman deity will be taken in a motorcade from the Galpottawala Sri Pada Rajamaha Vihara to the Nallathanniya Sri PadaDharma Centre on Sunday (Dec.7)

Thousands of devotees make yearly pilgrimages to the mountain abode during the Sri Pada season.