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2. Mundu - Wikipedia

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   The mundu (Malayalam: muṇṭŭ; pronounced) is a garment worn around the waist in the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, the Lakshadweep archipelago, and the Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives. It is closely related to sarongs like dhotis and lungis. It is normally woven in cotton and coloured white or cream. The colour is dependent on ...

3. Lungi - Wikipedia

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   A boy in a village of Narail, Bangladesh wearing a lungi with simple twist knot. The lungi is a clothing similar to the sarong that originated in the Indian subcontinent.The lungi, which usually multicoloured, [1] is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel.

4. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India .

5. Ghagra choli - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] It is a combination of the ghagra or lehenga (long skirt) and the choli (blouse). In contemporary and modern usage lehenga choli is the widely used term by fashion designers, trend setters, and boutiques in India, since ghagra is synonymous with the half-slip (petticoat) worn as an undergarment below the sari.

6. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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   The cotton industry in ancient India was well developed, and several of the methods survive until today. Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian described Indian cotton as "a wool exceeding in beauty and goodness that of sheep". [3] Indian cotton clothing was well adapted to the dry, hot summers of the subcontinent.

7. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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   History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton . India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era.