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The style in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and in North India,nhl jerseys also worn in the West by devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, consists of folding the cloth in half, taking the left side,cheap nfl jerseys, pleating it vertically, passing it between the legs and tucking it in the waist at the back. The right side is pleated horizontally and tucked in the waist at the front.
In southern India, the garment is worn at all cultural occasions and traditional ceremonies. The bridegroom in a south Indian wedding and the host/main male participant of other rituals and ceremonies have necessarily to be dressed in the traditional pancha while performing the ceremonies.
Unspoken rules of etiquette govern the way the dhoti is worn.cheap nfl jerseys In south India, men will occasionally fold the garment in half and this reveals the legs from the knee downwards. However, it is considered disrespectful to speak to women or to one's social superiors with the dhoti folded up in this manner. When faced with such a social situation, the fold of the dhoti is loosened and allowed to cover the legs completely.
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.ed hardy clothing They wear a loose, unstitched cloth, shorter than the dhoti on the top.
Pancha are worn by western adherents of the Hare Krishna sect, which is known for promoting a distinctive dress code among its practitioners, with followers wearing saffron or white coloured cloth, folded in the traditional style.replica swiss watches 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;replica luxury watches while feverishly discussing politics and literature. It is considered the most elegant costume and is worn at Bengali weddings and cultural festivals.