The circumambulation also signifies the four stages of life, namely childhood, youth, middle age and old age. |
Having reached Gangasagar, I made circumambulation to the pond and prayed to the Sun God for my prosperity. |
Pilgrims use the courtyard to perform the ritual circumambulation of the Kaʿbah, known as the ṭawāf. |
Each year in winter there is a four-day ritual circumambulation of the mountain by thousands of pilgrims who visit sites of myth and legend. |
After performing circumambulation, a pilgrim must achieve prayer consisting of two knees with the intention of Tawaf prayer. |
He quietly lifts his pilgrim-staff, and begins a perambulation and circumambulation of the terraqueous globe. |