Parikrama information

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 practiced in the Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] In Buddhism, it refers only to the path along which this is performed.^[3] Typically, in Indic-religions the parikrama is done after completion of traditional worship (puja) and after paying homage to the deity. Parikrama must be done with dhyāna (spiritual contemplation and meditation).

In Hinduism, parikrama of religious deities in a temple, sacred rivers, sacred hills and a close cluster of temples as a symbol of prayer is an integral part of Hindu worship.^[3]^[6]^[7] Hindu temple architecture include various Pradakshina paths.^[8] There could a parikrama path surrounding the chief deity, and several other broader paths concentric to main path through it is not uncommon to find non-concentric parikrama paths. At times the outermost parikrama path covers the whole village, town, city, thereby implying that the length of the path can stretch.^[6]^[9] Parikrama is also done around the sacred Peepal tree, tulsi (Indian basil plant), and agni (sacred fire or the fire God),^[10]^[11] and agni parikrama is a part of the Hindu wedding ceremony.^[12]^[13]

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^ Linda Kay Davidson; David Martin Gitlitz (2002). Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland : an Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-57607-004-8.
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^ Cort, John (2011). Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India. New York Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-19-979664-9.
^ Pashaura Singh and Louis Fenech (2014). The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.
^ ^a ^b http://www.hindunet.org/faq/fom-serv/cache/31.html Archived 2017-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Why do we perform Pradakshina or Parikrama?
^ http://www.hinduism.co.za/kaabaa.htm Kaaba a Hindu Temple?Hindus invariably circumambulate around their deities
^ Cite error: The named reference hin1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent – glossary". indoarch.org. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
^ http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/sub-cultures/pradakshina.htm The Concept of Pradaksina
^ "Darbashayanam". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
^ Some reflections on fire in Hindu and other wedding ceremonies, and on Agni Pradakshina, circling the fire.
^ "Some reflections on fire in Hindu and other wedding ceremonies, and on Agni Pradakshina, circling the fire". Retrieved 2007-01-11.

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[gitlitz113-2] Linda Kay Davidson; David Martin Gitlitz (2002). Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland : an Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-57607-004-8.

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[4] Cort, John (2011). Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India. New York Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-19-979664-9.

[5] Pashaura Singh and Louis Fenech (2014). The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.

[hindu_net-6] ttp://www.hindunet.org/faq/fom-serv/cache/31.html Archived 2017-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Why do we perform Pradakshina or Parikrama?

[hindu-7] ttp://www.hinduism.co.za/kaabaa.htm Kaaba a Hindu Temple?Hindus invariably circumambulate around their deities

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[9] "Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent – glossary". indoarch.org. Retrieved 2007-01-10.

[concept-10] ttp://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/sub-cultures/pradakshina.htm The Concept of Pradaksina

[11] "Darbashayanam". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-10-20.

[12] Some reflections on fire in Hindu and other wedding ceremonies, and on Agni Pradakshina, circling the fire.

[13] "Some reflections on fire in Hindu and other wedding ceremonies, and on Agni Pradakshina, circling the fire". Retrieved 2007-01-11.

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