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Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: his ninthcircuit of the mountain. He took two days to each, andintended to go round thirteen times. He called the trackKang-kora, the Gangri circle. Many years before, he hadperformed the meritorious feat called gyangchag-tsallgenywhich consists in measuring the length of the way by thelength of the pilgrims body. One such pilgrimage isworth thirteen ordinary circuits on foot. My pilgrimagewas of no value at all, because I was riding, the old mansaid ; I must go on foot if I wished to derive any benefitfrom it. When we came a second time to Diri-pu some dayslater, we saw two young lamas engaged in the prostrationpilgrimage round the mountain. They were from Kham,and from that part of the country where the last mendwell, and had been a year on the way to Kailas. Theywere poor and ragged, and had nothing to carry, for theylived on the alms of the faithful. They had come in ninedays from Tarchen to Diri-pu, and reckoned that they hadstill eleven days to finish their round. I accompanied

Text Appearing After Image: ROUND KANG-RINPOCHE 199 them for half an hour on foot to observe their procedure.This consisted of six movements. Suppose the younglama standing on the path with his forehead held slightlydown and his arms hanging loosely at his sides, (i) Heplaces the palms of his hands together and raises them tothe top of his head, at the same time bending his head alittle down ; (2) he lays his hands under his chin, liftingup his head again ; (3) he kneels upon the ground, bendsforwards and lays himself full length on the ground withoutstretched arms ; (4) he passes his hands laid togetherover his head; (5) he stretches his right hand forwards asfar as it will reach, and scratches a mark in the soil with apiece of bone, which shows the line which must be touchedby his toes at the next advance; and (6) he raises himselfup with his hands, makes two or three strides up to themark, and repeats the same actions. And thus he goesround the whole mountain. It is slow work and they do not hurry ; they perf

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