circumambulate

They pack into the Grand Mosque in Mecca to circumambulate the Kaaba.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

And Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, without social distancing for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

Rangarajan is addressing the morning’s temple goers who, like a school of fish, circumambulate the temple’s inner sanctum chanting the Hindu deity Balaji’s name in vague unison.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2017

At any time of the day, hundreds of people circumambulate the stupa, chanting mantras, kneading their mala beads and twirling prayer wheels.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012

He could walk about the city at his pleasure, or be escorted in the sumptuous carriage, while I could only circumambulate the Asylum yard, under the vigilant eye of my keeper.

From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

He’s deep into Shambhala Buddhism and has circumambulated Mount Kailash in Tibet.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017

I may well have promenaded, pedestrianized, peregrinated, ambulated, perambulated, circumambulated, hoofed, and locomoted ...

From Time Magazine Archive

It was being circumambulated by thousands upon thousands of praying pilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, and race in the world.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Hip to hip, arms interwoven to hold hands, Desdemona and Lefty circumambulated the captain, once, twice, and then again, spinning the cocoon of their life together.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Three separate times, after that, I visited the Great Mosque and circumambulated the Ka’ba.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The Brooklyn-based photographer Bryan Thomas has spent much of the past two years in his native Florida, circumambulating the coast and taking pictures of the sea and the sky and the people.

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

We’ve already done a lot of circumambulating, negotiating temples and sacred objects in a clockwise direction.

From Washington Post

Yegey was for circumambulating, but Obsle went to the point.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Making Uttara his charioteer, and circumambulating the Sami tree, the son of Pandu set out taking all his weapons with him.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

Thus honoured by them, Utanka of great prowess, circumambulating the deity of fire, started for the retreat of his preceptor.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli