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Kathmandu Kora Cycling Challenge July 10, 2014 What is Kathmandu Kora Cycling Challenge? Kora: "Kora  is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the  Tibetan Buddhist  or  Bon  ( Tibetan :  བོན ,  THL : Bön,  Wylie : Bon) traditions. A  Kora  is performed by the practitioner making a circum ambulation around a sacred site or object , typically as a constituent part of a pilgrimage, ceremony, celebration or ritual. However, in broader terms, it is a term that is often used to refer to the entire pilgrimage experience in the  Tibetan Buddhist  region." - Source :  Wikipedia Kathmandu Kora: So, as a Buddhist p r actitioner makes a circular locus around a sacred site in doing a 'KORA', in the Kathmandu Kora, we make a  circumlocution around the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal .  The reason behind making a circumloction around the valley seems to be both spiritual and logical.  Spiritual, because Kathmandu Valley contains