Traditional Dresses

 

Himachal Pradesh

Rajput men wear long kurta with churidars while Brahmin men wear kurta with dhoti. Men adorn overcoats made from yak leather and embroidered with golden threads and turban. This traditional attire keeps them warm during winters. Brahmin men mostly wear white coloured dresses and hang a soft towel over their shoulders.

Rajput women wear a long kurta over a skirt or salwar. Brahmin women wear Ghagra-Choli, sometimes also worn by Rajput women. Women also wear rahide, i.e. headscarves. Women drape shawls and wear a lot of bangles.

Haryana

Haryanvi men wear kurta, usually white, over dhoti, white or colourful. They wear pagris on their head, usually worn by old men of villages.

Women wear kurti, usually white, like a blouse over daaman, a flared ankle-length skirt that is brightly coloured. Over the daaman and kurti, women drape chunder, a piece of cloth with shiny lace at the borders. One end of the chunder is tucked inside the daaman, and the other is used to cover the head.

Maharashtra

Men wear dhoti, kurta, bandi and pehta. Bandi is a short jacket worn over the kurta. Pehta is a small cotton hat worn on the head to protect from sunlight.

Women wear a nine-yard saree called Nauwadi Saadi or Lugda. The saree is draped in the style of the dhoti, and choli is worn on the top. Maharashtrian sarees are usually green, red or yellow.