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[[Image:Alter Cloth (Toran), Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, 20th Century, cotton, metal and mirror pieces. plain weave with embroidery and mirror work, Honolulu Academy of Arts.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Toran]] from [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra, India]], 20th Century, plain cotton weave with embroidery and mirror work, [[Honolulu Academy of Arts]]. The hanging pieces are styalized mango leaves]]

'''Toran''' is the name in [[Hinduism ]] (Sanskrit. ''torana'', from ''tor'', pass) of a sacred or honorific gateway in [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[architecture]]. Its typical form is a projecting cross-piece resting on two uprights or posts. It is made of [[wood]] or [[Rock (geology)|stone]] , and the cross-piece is generally of three bars placed one on the top of the other; both cross-piece and posts are usually sculptured. 

'''Toran''' may also refer to a decorative door hanging, usually decorated with [[Tagetes|marigolds]] and [[mango]] leaves, or a string that is tied on the door with the flower on it as a part of traditional Hindu culture on the occasion of pooja.  A toran may feature colours such as green, yellow and red. They also have animals and other features.

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