A prakaram (प्राकारः in Sanskrit), also spelled pragaram or pragaaram) in Indian architecture is an outer part around the Hindu temple sanctum.

As per Hindu religious practices, devotees start to come around the outer prakarams to the inner most before entering the sanctum.

Ramanathaswamy Temple has outer set of corridors and is reputed to be the longest prakaram in the world.

[4] As per Hindu religious practices, devotees start to come around the outer prakarams to the inner most before entering the sanctum.

[10] The temple prakarams and streets accommodate an elaborate festival calendar in which dramatic processions circumambulate the shrines at varying distances from the centre.

[11] Ancient Tamil classics record the temple as the centre of the city and the surrounding streets.