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(Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India) "Pradakshina" means the act of walking clockwise around a sacred place, with the right hand pointing to the object of adoration. During the Deepam Festival, millions of Hindu ascetics walk barefoot around the Arunachala Hill (in Tamil Nadu, South India) the sacred mountain where Lord Shiva appeared as a pillar of fire. Hindu ascetics, who dedicate their lives to abandonment, renunciation of society.
