This is followed by the waving of arathi (coloured water), and circumambulation of the pandal by the pair, along with the ashtamangalam or eight auspicious things, viz.
Footnote 515: Alluding to the ceremonious circumambulation of the Holy House at Meccah, a notable irreverence worthy of Kneph-town (Canopus).
Among the Hindoos, the same rite of circumambulation has always been practised.
It will be observed that this circumambulation around the altar was accompanied by the singing or chanting of a sacred ode.
Now, in this the masonic rite of circumambulation strictly agrees with the ancient one.
Among the Romans, the ceremony of circumambulation was always used in the rites of sacrifice, of expiation or purification.
And as the circumambulation is made around the lodge, just as the sun was supposed to move around the earth, we are brought back to the original symbolism with which we commenced--that the lodge is a symbol of the world.
The circumambulation of the central post by Izanagi and Izanami reminds us of the Hindu pradakchina.
The circumambulation of the dwelling, the fire, a tree, or an altar by the bride and bridegroom is a familiar feature of marriage ritual.
In a short time we entered the city, and repairing to the Harim by the Safa Gate, performed the Tawaf, or circumambulation of Umrah.
After the sevenfold circumambulation the pilgrim should recite a two-bow prayer, the ‘Sunnat of Tawaf,’ behind the Makam Ibrahim.
Some enter the Ka’abah, whilst others content themselves with performing the Tawaf al-Ifazah, or circumambulationof impetuosity, round the house.
Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, i.
At dawn we were expected to perform our Tawaf al-Kudum, or “Circumambulation of Arrival,” at the Harim.
FN#6] The Moslem in circumambulation presents his left shoulder; the Hindu’s Pradakshina consists in walking round with the right side towards the fane or idol.
Gabriel restored the Black Stone, which Abraham, by his direction, placed in its present corner, as a sign where circumambulation is to begin; and the patriarch then learned all the complicated rites of pilgrimage.
And Al-Shahristani informs us that the Arab philosophers believed this sevenfold circumambulation to be symbolical of the motion of the planets round the sun.
In certain cases the circumambulation is connected with the movement of the sun in the sky--probably a later interpretation of the ceremony.
Though traces of solemn circumambulation are found in some lower tribes, it has been, and is, practiced chiefly in the higher cults.
Sometimes a reverent circumambulation of the shrine which contained the relics was believed to be sufficiently efficacious in stimulating their miraculous powers.
The acquisition of merit by circumambulation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist idea.
Tawaf," or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, must never be performed at the Apostle's tomb.
