{"id":2719,"date":"2025-04-28T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theethnicworld.com\/blog\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:14:58","slug":"traditional-dresses-of-indian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theethnicworld.com\/blog\/traditional-dresses-of-indian\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Traditional Dresses of India by State (With Pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"

India has no single national dress. Each state has its own outfits, shaped by climate, local fabrics and festivals. Women commonly wear a saree, a lehenga choli or a salwar kameez, and men wear a kurta with pajama or a dhoti. This guide covers 10 states, with the women’s and men’s outfit for each, the fabric it is made from and when people wear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
State<\/th>\nWomen<\/th>\nMen<\/th>\nWorn mostly at<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rajasthan<\/td>\nLehenga choli<\/td>\nDhoti kurta, turban<\/td>\nWeddings, Diwali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Punjab<\/td>\nSalwar kameez, phulkari dupatta<\/td>\nKurta pajama<\/td>\nBaisakhi, Lohri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gujarat<\/td>\nChaniya choli<\/td>\nKediyu with dhoti<\/td>\nNavratri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tamil Nadu<\/td>\nKanchipuram silk saree<\/td>\nVeshti, angavastram<\/td>\nPongal, weddings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Bengal<\/td>\nTant or jamdani saree<\/td>\nDhoti kurta<\/td>\nDurga Puja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maharashtra<\/td>\nNauvari saree<\/td>\nDhoti kurta<\/td>\nGanesh Chaturthi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kashmir<\/td>\nPheran<\/td>\nPheran<\/td>\nWinter, daily wear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assam<\/td>\nMekhela chador<\/td>\nDhoti kurta, gamosa<\/td>\nBihu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kerala<\/td>\nMundum neriyathum<\/td>\nMundu<\/td>\nOnam, Vishu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uttar Pradesh<\/td>\nChikankari suit, Banarasi saree<\/td>\nKurta pajama, sherwani<\/td>\nWeddings, Eid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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