On the southeast side of the building is a gold door. It is covered with a black silk cloth, known as the kiswa and decorated with gold-embroidered calligraphy. The Kaaba measures 50 feet (15.2 meters) high, 35 feet (10.7 meters) wide and 40 feet (12.2 meters) long. During the ritual of the hajj, pilgrims must walk around the Kaaba seven times in a counterclockwise direction, a ceremonial practice that has been going on for fourteen centuries. There, they gather around the Ka’aba, often written simply as Kaaba, a cubic-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram. Muslims praying around the Ka'aba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Millions of Muslims travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia every year and in a single day, Mecca is capable of attracting over two million Muslim followers for the annual hajj pilgrimage, considered one of the five pillars of Islam. Many Muslims believe the stone is in fact a meteorite possessing supernatural powers. Its history is shrouded in mystery and there is much speculation over what the stone might be. The Ka'aba is a mosque and on one corner of this sacred building, is a cornerstone known as the Black Stone.
Mecca is believed to be the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad but when followers visit the site, it is not actually Mecca they are facing but a building called the Ka’aba. Every day, five times a day, Muslims across the world face the holy site of Mecca and pray.
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