Circumambulation (Arabic: tawaf (طواف); Sanskrit: pradakshina; Tibetan: skor ba) is the act of moving around a sacred object. Circumambulation of temples or deity images is an integral part of Hindu ritual. It is also practiced in Buddhism. In Islam, circumambulation is performed around the Kaaba in Mecca, in a counter-clockwise direction. In Christianity, the circumambulation of Jericho in the Book of Joshua, while not an act of worship, is the inspiration for combining it with the circling of the Kaaba in Chrislam. In the Catholic Church, a priest sometimes circumambulates an altar while censing it with a thurible.