makara-torana
Entrance decoration with a festoon – straight or arched, spanning the tops of two columns, the festoon or torana being a decorative garland or scroll issuing from mouth of makara’s (crocodiles), placed over the capitals of the supporting stambha’s.
Such makara-torana’s are found over the devakoshtha’s or mandapa entrances, or wall (bhitti-torana).
Decorative arch emanating from the mouth of opposed makaras (crocodiles) over doorways mandapa.