Dupatta
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The dupattā, also called chunni, chunari, chundari, lugda, rao/rawo, gandhi, pothi, orna, and odhni is a long shawl-like scarf traditionally worn by women in the Indian Subcontinent. Traditionally, in
Indian village women wearing Odhni with Ghagra choli
Dancing woman wearing dupatta, detail from Kalpa Sutra manuscript, c.1300s.
Deccani royal court attire dupattas on display at Chowmahalla Palace.
Hyderabadi lady wearing a dupatta in distinct style called Khada Dupatta, 20th century.
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
Dupatta
…dupatta/chunni instead of a turban. However, some young, diasporic Sikh women have forgone wearing the dupatta and adopted the turban to emulate Sikh men. Ghagra choli Media related to Dupatta at Wikimedia Commons…
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