Torans are used to decorate the main entrance of the home. The main idea behind decorating the homes is to please and attract the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. These torans are the first thing that welcomes guests.
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A toran may feature colours such as green, yellow and red. They can be made of fabrics or metals which are usually made to resemble mango leaves. They also have other decorative features depending on the region. The origin of torans can be traced to Puranas (Hindu mythological work).
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The village has the following amenities: schools, bank, hospitals, dispensary and post office. The surrounding places include Aklera, Chhapi Dam, Delhanpur, Deoli. Delhanpur is located 4 km from Gehoon Kheri and 54 km from Jhalawar. A place of antiquity with carved pillars, torans and some erotic figures in the ruins of temples scattered over an area of 2 km.
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Zeean is a wise, old Toran leader who assists Lief on several occasions in repayment for releasing her tribe from The Valley of the Lost and holds significant standing in the Toran community. She represents the Torans in the ceremony to find the lost heir of Deltora. In the third series, Zeean is poisoned along with Sharn by Paff, but survives.
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There are two torans over Hifa Dyo. They bear very fine cuttings of Asta- Matriks, Asta-Bhairabs and other gods and goddesses. In the western wall of the temple there is a hollow space regarded by the local people as Nasa Dyo, the god of music and dance. Bagh Bhairab made of clay has been enshrined in the left side corner in the temple.
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Chandravati, popularly known as Chandroti, is a village situated near Abu Road on the bank of the West Banas River in the Indian state of Rajasthan. In ancient times it was an extensive town, and present villages such as Dattani, Kiverli, Kharadi and Santpura were its suburbs. The old ruins, such as temples, torans and images scattered over the large area, bear testimony to its past glory.
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He was found by Lief and Barda and then fully unearthed by the Torans. Veritas told Lief his name as a precaution and comes forward when the elder diamond dragon is found to be dead. Veritas fights the monster Kobb and then with Lief finds the Sister of the West hidden in the ancient body of Doran the Dragonlover, still alive after centuries because of a curse put on him. Veritas takes away Doran's breath at his wish and then destroys the Sister of the West.
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However, realizing their song was meant to keep the Great Beast at bay, the Shadow Lord conjured a raft to flee the sinking island. Some time later, the Shadow Lord came upon the Land of Dragons, "Deltora" as it is later called, and made attempts to conquer it. But was repelled by a spell cast by the Torans and unable to bribe an emerald dragon to serve him, the Shadow Lord came to Pirra where he recruited the residential thieves and monstrous beasts of the mountainside into his services. The Shadow Lord even bred the Ak-Babas to have a power equal to the dragons of Deltora.
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The Rudra Mahalaya Temple, also known as Rudramal, is a destroyed/desecrated temple complex at Siddhpur in the Patan district of Gujarat, India. Its construction was started in 943 AD by Mularaja and completed in 1140 AD by Jayasimha Siddharaja, the rulers of the Chaulukya dynasty. This Hindu temple was destroyed by the Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin Khalji, and later the Sultan of Gujarat, Ahmed Shah I (1410–44) desecrated and substantially demolished this temple, and also converted part of it into the congregational mosque (Jami Masjid) of the city. Two torans (porches) and four pillars of the former central structure still stand along with western part of the complex used as a congregational mosque.
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