The sari is usually worn over a petticoat

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The sari is usually worn over a petticoat (????? laha?gā or "lehenga" in the north, langa/pavada/pavadai in the south, jerseys chaniyo,parkar in the west, and shaya in eastern India), with a blouse known as a choli or ravika forming the upper garment. The choli has short sleeves and a low neck and is usually cropped, and as such is particularly well-suited for wear in the sultry South Asiansummers. Cholis may be backless or of a halter neck style. These are usually more dressy with plenty of embellishments such as mirrors or embroidery, and may be worn on special occasions. cheap jerseys Women in the armed forces, when wearing a sari uniform, don a short-sleeved shirt tucked in at the waist.ed hardy The sari developed as a garment of its own in both South and North India at around the same time, and is in popular culture an epitome of Indian culture.
The dhoti is worn by many orthodox Jain males when they visit the temple for prayer, as they are required to wear unstitched clothes in accordance to their belief in ahimsa. They wear a loose, unstitched cloth, shorter than the dhoti on the top.
Pancha are worn by western adherents of the Hare Krishna sect,ed hardy shirt, which is known for promoting a distinctive dress code among its practitioners, breitling watches with followers wearing saffron or white coloured cloth, folded in the traditional style. Mahatma Gandhi invariably wore a pancha on public occasions,[citation needed] but he was well aware that it was considered "indecent" in other countries and was shocked when a friend wore one in London. (See The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part I/Narayan Hemchandra.) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was known for wearing a white silk dhoti.[1]
The genteel Bengali man is stereotyped in popular culture as wearing expensive perfumes, a light kurta and an elaborate dhuti with rich pleats, the front corner of the cloth being stiffed like a Japanese fan and holding it in his hand;rolex watches while feverishly discussing politics and literature. It is considered the most elegant costume and is worn at Bengali weddings and cultural festivals.