Torana

Rarity: Uncommon

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A torana (Sanskrit: तोरण, romanized: Toraṇa) is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen in East Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Torana (architecture)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Nataraja at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.