Parikrama
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Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. In
Buddhist monks performing Pradakshina ritual at Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Parikrama at the temple.
Buddhist monks and devotees circumambulating a stupa.
Pradakhshina round a stupa in China.
Borobudur
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Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
Parikrama
…Buddhist monks performing Pradakshina ritual at Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as…
Candi Borobudur viewed from the northwest. The monument was mentioned in the Karangtengah and Tri Tepusan inscriptions.
A painting by G.B. Hooijer (c. 1916–1919) reconstructing the scene of Borobudur during its heyday
Borobudur stupas overlooking a mountain. For centuries, it was deserted.