Choli
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A choli or ravike is a blouse or a bodice-like upper garment, that is usually cut short or cropped leaving the midriff bare worn by women in the Indian subcontinent. It is also known as ravike in Sout
Woman in choli c. 1872.
Choli from Gujarat at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Traditional choli tied at the back from Braj region of Uttar Pradesh.
Woman in an ancient form of long, front-covering choli, tied at the back.
Ghagra choli
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Ghagra choli is a type of skirt and blouse pair of ethnic clothing for women from India, notably in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Sindh,Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab
Choli
…in South India. It is worn along with a sari in the Indian subcontinent. In northern Gujarat is also known as polku. The choli is also part of the ghagra choli costume in the Indian subcontinent. Some women in Rajasthan wore the kurti on top of their choli after marriage. The choli evolved from the ancient…
Women in ghagra choli, c. 1872
Gupta-period depiction of women in ancient form of gagra and long choli, 320 CE–550 CE, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Woman in traditional style of gagra choli worn in the Hindi belt.
Illustration of different regional variations of ghagra choli worn by women in India