Circumambulation is an old ritual (seen in even in the Vedic/Arya civilization in India till date). But importantly, they do it in a clockwise fashion (at least in the Northern Hemisphere where India is). They consider anti-clockwise circumambulation to have inauspicious/ineffective/negative effects compared to doing it clockwise (with possibly some rare exceptions).
Interestlngly, Muslims circumambulate in an anti-clockwise direction (same hemisphere).
Was the circumambulation you saw at the memorial in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction (when viewed from the top)?
Circumambulation is an old ritual (seen in even in the Vedic/Arya civilization in India till date). But importantly, they do it in a clockwise fashion (at least in the Northern Hemisphere where India is). They consider anti-clockwise circumambulation to have inauspicious/ineffective/negative effects compared to doing it clockwise (with possibly some rare exceptions).
Interestlngly, Muslims circumambulate in an anti-clockwise direction (same hemisphere).
Was the circumambulation you saw at the memorial in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction (when viewed from the top)?
It was counter-clockwise (anti-clockwise), same as Muslims