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...
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