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An achkan (Hindi: अचकन, Urdu: اچکن), also known as baghal bandi, is a knee length jacket worn by men in the Indian subcontinent. It is a similar garment to the angarkha . History
Mithila culture or Maithil culture refers to the culture which originated in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent.Mithila comprises Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur and Santhal Pargana divisions of India [1] and adjoining provinces of Province No. 1, Bagmati Pradesh, and Madhesh Province of Nepal.
The Himachali cap is an ingrained part of daily wear in Himachal, and it is commonly worn during local festivities, religious functions and marriages. [8] [7] Himachali caps are a representation of cultural identity. People in Himachal consider the cap as a point of pride, [9] like a turban for Sikhs in Punjab. This topi (Hindi for cap) is a ...
A pagri is a symbol of honour and respect in all the regions where it is a practice to wear one. Its association with honour also lends its use in a figure of speech in associated languages. The figure of speech pagri uchaalna in Hindi (literal translation: to toss the turban) implies causing the loss of honour. [citation needed]
Begum Liaquat Ali (centre), dressed in a gharara, 1950. A gharara (Urdu: غرارہ, Hindi: ग़रारा, Bengali: ঘারারা) is a traditional Lucknowi outfit, [1] traditionally worn by Muslim women of the Hindi-Urdu Belt region of India. [2]
Ready-to-wear nine-yard sari is the perfect solution for such problems. Just wear it like a salwar, put the pallu over the shoulder, and you are dressed in few minutes. Also, teen-aged girls are seen wearing it in their school or college gatherings. Many brides are now taking help of such ready-to-wear nine-yard saris.
The last Nizam of Hyderabad wearing a sherwani; all the men accompanying him in the picture except the one in a cream coloured garment to his right wear sherwani of differing styles. A sherwani is a long-sleeved outer coat worn by men in South Asia.
The mundum neriyatum is the extant form of the ancient sari referred to as "Sattika" in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain literature. [3] The mundu is the surviving form of lower garment of the ancient clothing referred to as antariya worn in a special way (lower garment). [4]