This object, which is cleaned twice yearly using brooms dipped in rosewater, has a semicircular stone barrier along one edge.
One side of this terrestrial object is aligned spatially with the rising of the bright star Canopus. A golden water spout was added to jut out two feet at the top of a different side to the northwest of it. This object, which is cleaned twice yearly using brooms dipped in rosewater, has a semicircular stone barrier along one edge. Its parts include a section called the Multazam and a cloth which is replaced every year called the Kiswah. The Tawaf ritual involves this object. Its southeastern corner is inlaid with a silver frame containing object said to have fallen to earth during the time of Adam, the Black Stone. It is found in the center of the Masjid-al-Haram's gigantic courtyard. For 10 points, name this shrine circled seven times during the hajj, a black boxlike shrine in Mecca which is the holiest site in Islam.
One side of this terrestrial object is aligned spatially with the rising of the bright star Canopus.
the Ka'aba [do not prompt "Mecca"]