{"id":5911,"date":"2021-08-30T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T01:28:45","slug":"the-pilgrim-kora-in-lhasa-lhasa-pilgrim-circuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/tibet-travel\/lhasa-travel\/the-pilgrim-kora-in-lhasa-lhasa-pilgrim-circuits","title":{"rendered":"The Pilgrim Kora in Lhasa, Lhasa Pilgrim circuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Lhasa tour<\/a>? You are highly recommended to feel the Tibetan Buddhist culture by performing kora together with the local pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilgrim kora is a path (circuit) around a temple or a sared site which is performed by walking in a clockwise direction. Tibetan buddhists come to from all over Tibet to perform kora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilgrims perform kora in the manner of chanting mantras, spinning their handheld prayer wheels or prostrating themselves aimed at increasing their suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar to prayer flags and spinning prayer wheels, kora performing is done for the purpose of having a peaceful life and happy afterlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Lhasa, there are four major kora (cirsuits) \u2013 Inner Kora, Middle Kora, Outer Kora and Potala Palace Kora. The Inner Kora refers to the circuit inside Jokhang Temple; Middle Kora is the path around the exterior of Jokhang Temple; Outer Kora is known as the Lingkhor Circuit, the longest kora in Lhasa and walking around Lingkhor Kora takes about 2 and half hours; Potala Palace Kora refers to the path around Potala Palace taking 40 minutes for one circle walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A pilgrim prostrates himself along the Potala Palace Kora<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An act of a meditative exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Prostrating in front of Jokhang Temple <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Prostrating in front of Jokhang Temple <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I join the pilgrims ( and tourists) in the Middle Kora, and walking shoulder to shoulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Middle Kora is the path around the exterior of Jokhang Temple <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A happy Tibetan kid<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hassle-free Lhasa Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Lhasa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Group Tour<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Private Tour<\/a>
Beijing Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Lhasa China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best Time to Visit Lhasa<\/a>
Top 10 Attractions in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Tourist Traps, Tourist Scams Lhasa<\/a>
Where to stay in Lhasa<\/a>
Makye Ame Lhasa Restaurant \u2013 Your Kitchen in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Airport, Lhasa Gonggar Airport<\/a>
Xian Lhasa Flight Experience, Xian Lhasa Flight<\/a>
Lhasa Railway Station Transportation, Taxi, Public Bus<\/a>
Get around in Lhasa with Pedicab or Trishaw<\/a>
lhasa Taxi<\/a>
Best Places to Take Picture of Potala Palace Lhasa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-Wheel Drive Trip from Lhasa to Ranwu<\/a>
Drak Yerpa, My trip to Drak Yerpa Monastery<\/a>
The Pilgrim Kora in Lhasa, Lhasa Pilgrim circuits<\/a>
Monks at Sera Je College at Sera Monastery in Lhasa<\/a>
Beijing Road in Lhasa<\/a>
A Fun to Walk along Lhasa River in the City of Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Great Mosque, the Mosques in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Yamdrok-Tso Lake Road Trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Lhasa tour? You are highly recommended to feel the Tibetan Buddhist culture by performing kora together with the local pilgrims. Pilgrim kora is a path (circuit) around a temple or a sared site which is performed by walking in a clockwise direction. Tibetan buddhists come to from all over Tibet to perform kora….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lhasa-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5911"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26993,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911\/revisions\/26993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}