Typically, the devotee enters the temple and offers prayers to the presiding deity, or his ishta devta or deity of his choice in some of the bigger temples. Once this is done, he will start on his circumambulation. In the bigger temples, there is the praharam or pathway around the shrine housing the main deities.

How do we do pradakshina?

Shaivite Pradakshinam

In Shiva temples, the devotees start the Pradakshina as usual from the front and go clockwise till they reach the gomukhi (the outlet for abhisheka water) from the Sanctum Sanctorum. As usual the clockwise perambulation is maintained outside of the Bali stones.

What is circumambulation in Buddhism?

Circumambulation (from Latin circum around and ambulātus to walk) is the act of moving around a sacred object or idol. Circumambulation of temples or deity images is an integral part of Hindu and Buddhist devotional practice (known in Sanskrit as pradakśiṇā).