rajasthani women's wear

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Rajasthani wear

• Welcome to Rajasthani wear

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About rajasthani

• There are different clothes in different
  colors.The attire worn by women of Rajasthan is
  available in assorted varieties. The women are
  mainly found in costumes such as ghagra, lehenga,
  kunchuki, kanchli, choli, sari, and odhni.
• The females belonging to the affluent society can
  be found in dupattas and patkas. The footwear
  that these females wear constitutes jutees and
  chappals. One can even find attractive and
  designer footwear like the sandals which are
  decorated with stars and golden threads.
• Such sandals are very general amid the high
  profile women. The attires for Rajasthani women
  are very much similar to the culture and religion
  itself which are as colorful as the atmosphere
  here.
• The seasons, emotions, moods as well as status of
  people are displayed by the costumes of females
  of Rajasthan. The splendor and color of this
  state are much reflected in the ornament and
  dress of the people living here.
• Since last many years, the attire of the
  Rajasthani Women has displayed a particular
  pattern of getting dressed and this is something
  which is very unique to this state.
• Most commonly worn by the Rajasthani women has a
  blend of upper garment which comprises of kurti,
  kanchali and puthia, while the lower garment
  comprises of skirt or ghaghra along with a veil
  which is draped around the skirt from lower side
  to upper part of human body.
• A number of additions and variations are there
  which ensemble in different communities, however
  depending on the social position of the wearer.

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• Clothing of Rajasthan is really outstanding and
  lively, showing the spirit of the inhabitants,
  their religion and culture. This is simply
  exceptional to see how they wear unique and
  fabulous dresses.
• Both men and women put on colorful and
  beautifully designed costumes to show the great
  ambiance of this northwestern state of India.
  Women of Rajasthan wear a long skirt called
  Ghaghra, Choli or Kurti (blouses and tops) with
  an Odhini.
• The Ghaghra reaches above the ankle that has a
  narrow waist increasing the flared and width to
  the base. Ghaghra is commonly unfolded from the
  lower end such as usual skirts. The pleats and
  width are the symbol of health of females.
• Ghaghras can be found in diverse styles and
  colors. They are very famous among women in
  Rajasthan, mostly made of cotton, colored and
  designed with Laharia, Chunari and Mothra prints.
  The regional style and taste can be seen in Royal
  dresses of Rajasthan.
• The luxurious and rich costumes were designed
  beautifully by the special people during ancient
  times. In order to take care of the dresses of
  king and queen, there were two specific sections,
  namely Kapaddwadra and Toshakhanand.
• Rajput kings loved to wear high-class dresses.
  Hence they were colorful and designer clothing.
  Rich materials were used to design royal cloths
  from Gujarat and Varanasi, and woven and
  embroidered Kashmiri shawls were preferred by
  Royal men and women.

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Saree In Rajasthan

• Saree In rajasthan there are many different types
  of saree. The rajasthni saree is in rajasthan
  this is in trand. The womans are like to wear
  this type of sarees. Many type of different
  sarees are here like Silk Saree, Silk Saree,
  Bandhej Saree, Bhagalpuri Saree, Kanchipuram
  silk Saree, Kota Saree, Leheriya Saree, Cotton
  sari, chiffon saree, magic saree, gota patti
  saree.

kota doria saree

• Kota Saree- Kota Doria is woven on a traditional
  pit loom in such a fashion that it produces
  square checks pattern on the fabric. The
  delicately wrought checks are locally known as
  khats.
• They smear onion juice and rice paste with a lot
  of care into the yarn making the yarn so strong
  that no additional finishing is needed. The kota
  doria saree made at Kota, Rajasthan.

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• Bandhej Saree- Bandhej Saree which is also known
  as "Bandhani Saree" is specially found in
  Rajasthan .The fine variety of this type of saree
  is created in Mandavi, Bhuj, Kutch, Jamnagar,
  Porbandar, Rajkot, Udaipur, Jaipur, Ajmer,
  Bikaner etc. The Bandhani work has been
  exclusively carried out by the Khatri community
  of Kutchh and Saurashtra.
• A meter length of cloth can have thousands of
  tiny knots known as 'Bheendi' in the local
  language ('Gujarati'). These knots form a design
  once opened after dyeing in bright colours.
  Traditionally, the final products can be
  classified into 'khombhi', 'Ghar Chola',
  'Chandrakhani', 'Shikari', 'Chowkidaar',
  'Ambadaal' and other categories.

Bandhej Saree

• Leheriya Saree- Leheria dyeing is done on thin
  cotton or silk cloth, usually in lengths
  appropriate for turbans or saris. According to
  World Textiles A Visual Guide to Traditional
  Techniques, the fabric is "rolled diagonally from
  one corner to the opposite selvedge, and then
  tied at the required intervals and dyed".
• Wave patterns result from fanlike folds made
  before dyeing. Traditional leheria employs
  natural dyes and multiple washes and uses indigo
  or alizarin during the final stage of preparation.

Leheriya Saree
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• Silk Saree- Kota silk sarees are one of the many
  types of sarees made in Kota, Rajasthan that are
  made in pure silk and have square like patterns
  known as khats on them. Handloom kota silk sarees
  were originally called Masuria because they were
  woven using Mysore silk in Mysore. Kota silk
  saris were primarily patronized by Maharao Bhim
  Singh, who summoned the weavers from Mysore to
  Kota, between 1707 and 1720.
• The art of using open khat patterns on fabric was
  so intriguing that the entire Kota silk sarees
  collection was highly appreciated by the elite.
  Even today, the latest Kota silk sarees exhibit
  traditional ways of setting patterns, making
  graphs, dyeing and yarn setting with of course
  greater efficiency and higher precision.
• Kota silk sarees online on Shatika come in a
  range of myriad colors that are in scribed in
  striking gold and silver and contrast thread
  motifs. Their very fine weave and light weight
  make them an ideal summer wear.

Silk Saree

• Cotton sari- This ethnic saree is made of pure
  cotton fabric. The main attraction is floral
  print all over the saree. This saree is
  embellished with intricate floral design. The
  beauty of this saree is checkered design layout
  which is specialty of Kota Doria. The saree comes
  with the matching blouse. Saree length -5.5
  meter, Blouse length-80 cm.

Cotton sari
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• Gota patti saree-Gota Patti or Gota work is a
  type of Indian embroidery that originated in
  Rajasthan, India. The dresses with gota work are
  used for special occasions or religious
  occasions.
• Gota is crafted using appliqué technique with a
  strip of gold or silver or various other coloured
  ribbons of different widths woven in a satin or
  twill weave. It involves placing woven gold cloth
  onto fabrics such as georgette or bandhini to
  create different surface textures.

Gota patti saree

• Chiffon saree- Rajasthani Multi-color Pure
  Cotton Saree with Zari border This traditional
  is a blend of multi-colours on pure cotton Kota
  Doria fabric. The multi-colour designer pattern
  with white circular prints that gives the saree a
  traditional Rajasthani touch.
• This pretty saree is adorned with zari white
  floral work all over and on border. The beauty of
  this saree is checkered design layout which is
  specialty of Kota Doria. The saree comes with a
  matching blouse. A simple and elegant attire for
  all occasions.
• The 'Doria' means thread work from cotton yarn in
  a combination of warp and weft with an exclusive
  check pattern in the weave itself, which is known
  as 'khat'. The khats are present in the basic
  fabric itself, and are crafted in a very skillful
  way that the fabric looks transparent. These
  Sarees are very delicate, lightweight and porous.

Chiffon saree
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Lehenga In Rajasthani

• The lehengas are made of a number of fabrics such
  as silk, cotton, khadi, georgette, crape, net,
  satin, brocade and chiffon. Even though designers
  have successfully used the various kinds of
  fabrics for making the lehenga, silk is still the
  preferred fabric.
• There are many type of lehengas like lehenga
  choli, wedding lehenga etc. Lehenga, Gagra/Ghagra
  (Hindi ????? ghaghra) also chaniya is a form of
  skirt which is long, embroidered and pleated. It
  is secured at the waist or hips and leaves the
  lower back and midriff bare.
• The ancient version of skirt or Ghagrievolved
  from Bhairnivasani, which in turn evolved from
  the Antriya when stitching on one side became
  tabular and was worn gathered together at the
  waist, and held by a girdle. This was one of the
  earliest forms of a clumsily stitched skirt.
• It was worn using a nada or drawstring. The
  Ghagri was a narrow skirt six feet long the same
  length as original Antriya and can still be seen
  worn by Jain nuns in India. The lehenga choli is
  the favourite female apparel worn during
  festivals, weddings or special events in India.
• This is due to traditions as well as of the fact
  that it is available in a number of fabrics with
  many different decorative choices.12
  Traditionally the sari and the lehenga choli are
  the most popular garments for the bride in India.

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• Wedding lenegha- In India, the wedding rituals
  and clothes make the wedding as much as that of
  the bride and her groom. Both look their splendid
  best in gorgeous clothes. Not just the couple,
  but the guests attending the family and the
  relatives are often seen dressed up to the teeth.
  
• The bride is dressed up in auspicious colors,
  whereas the bridegroom is dressed to exude a
  regal aura. The bridesmaids and best men are
  often dressed on a par with the bride and the
  groom. But they are toned down a bit because the
  day belongs to the couple.
• Indian weddings generally tend to continue for
  several days and new attire is worn each day. All
  these dresses and the color symbolize the meaning
  of marriage and the period that follows it.
• An Indian wedding is one that gives more
  importance to details like different rituals and
  the various attires one wears to attend them.
  Hindus wedding ceremony does not resemble the
  western marriages and are quite elaborate.

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Ghagra choli

• Women of Rajasthan wear mainly Ghaghara, Choli
  and Odhani dresses. These costumes are in bright
  colors, especially Ghaghara dresses are in many
  designs. The dresses are the ankle length long
  skirt with the narrow waist, which looks like an
  umbrella at the base.
• Rajasthani Women prefer to wear the cotton
  Ghaghara dresses, which are suitable to the
  weather conditions of Rajasthan. The cotton
  Ghaghara also very popular and those printed or
  dyed like mothras and leharlya print.
• Ghagra choli- Gagra choli or Ghagra choli, which
  is also kngown as Lehenga choli and locally as
  Chaniya choli, is the traditional clothing of
  women from the Indian subcontinent notable in
  Indian states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya
  Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab,
  Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu, as well as
  in Hindi speaking regions of Nepal.
• In Punjab it was traditionally worn with the
  kurti and salwar. It is a combination of the
  gagra or lehenga (long skirt) and the choli. the
  gagra choli evolved from the three-piece attire
  worn by women in ancient India.
• The attire consisted of the Antriya lower
  garment, the Uttariya veil worn over shoulder or
  head and Stanapatta a chestband, which finds
  mentioned in Sanskrit literature and Buddhist
  Pali literature during 6th century B.C.

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Suits

• In rajasthan many type of suits like in cotton,
  printed suit, Punjabi suits, gota patti suits,
  mirror work suits chiffon suits, fancy kota doria
  suits, etc. these type of suits wear in
  rajasthan. It is a generic term used to describe
  different styles of dress.
• The shalwar kameez can be worn by both women,
  but styles differ by gender. The shalwar (baggy
  trousers) and the kameez (long shirt) are two
  garments4which are combined to form the shalwar
  kameez. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow
  at the ankle.
• The kameez is a long shirt or tunic, often seen
  with a Western-style collar however, for female
  apparel, the term is now loosely applied to
  collarless or mandarin-collared kurtas.
• The kameez might be worn with pajamas as well,
  either for fashion or comfort. Some kameez styles
  have side seams (known as the chaak), left open
  below the waist-line, giving the wearer greater
  freedom of movement.

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• Gota patti suits- The dresses with gota work are
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• Gota is crafted using appliqué technique with a
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  twill weave. It involves placing woven gold cloth
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• Originally real gold and silver metals were used
  to embroider but were eventually replaced by
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  making it was very expensive.
• Nowadays there are even more inexpensive options
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Pila, pomcha, chundi

• Rajasthani attires are full of vibrant and vivid
  colors representing amazing zest of their life.
  The 'Odhna' is a typical Rajasthani women wear.
  Its first end use to tuck into the ghagra and
  its other end taken over the right shoulder and
  head.
• Odhna looks very attractive and aesthetic. This
  typical Rajasthani attire is available in various
  colors and hand-work like mirror work, gota work,
  tie and die print etc. The yellow color Odhna is
  known as Pila.
• It has red lotus motif in its center. In
  Rajasthani families parents gift Pila Saree or
  Pila Odhna to their daughter who is recently
  blessed with a son. The odhna is also called as
  odhni.
• It is a veil that represents the continuation of
  an unbroken tradition of wearing unstitched
  lengths of fabric that was the favored style of
  clothing during ancient India.
• The Vedic literature identifies the use of the
  stole as a universally worn over-garment called
  the uttariya that is a length of fabric draping
  the top half of the body.

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• The odhna is embellished by many methods of
  ornamentation. These designs are usually dictated
  by tradition. Nevertheless, each woman contends
  with the other to wear a more beautiful odhna in
  Rajasthan. Some of the practices used to bring
  these exquisite odhna to life include bandhani,
  block printing, weaving and embroidery.
• The bandhani technique of Rajasthan produces all
  sorts of stunning and colourful odhna. Numerous
  leheriya styles abound, some of them being
  pralapsfwhi, rajashahi, gandadar, samudralehar
  and bhopalshahi. Block prints of Rajasthan also
  decorate the odhni-bhindi bhat, lalar, morya,
  karna and jaaj bhat are some common patterns.
• A striking odhna, known as phavri or phamri, is
  made of fine red voile, using a modified
  technique of block printing called tinsel
  printing. Gold or silver flowers are printed all
  over the fabric that are outstanding in relief.
  Brides wear a phavri as part of their wedding
  dress.
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  Marwadi Chunri Dupatta, Red Marwadi Chunri,
  Fashionable Marwadi Chunri, Designer Marwadi
  Chunri and Marwadi Chunri. In this type of
  odhani, there is rounded motifs of lotus. The
  base is of yellow, saffron or pink coloured in
  which lotus flowers are beautifully displaced. It
  is made of five colours which is the basis of
  Rajasthani number system.
• The lotus motifs are printed and coloured in this
  type of odhani. Pomcha odhani which is yellow in
  colour, is usually worn by pregnant women. This
  odhani was sent by womans parents and she had to
  perform all the rituals while wearing it.

Pila
Pomcha
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Rajasthani jats dresses

• Women wear orhni (????) (veil) shirt or Angia
  (short blouse) ghagri (heavy skirt) jooties
  (country made shoes)and heavy ornaments around
  the neck, wrists and ankles.Rajasthani women wear
  kurti (??????), kanchali (??????) and ghaghara
  (?????).Traditional jat women wear woolen
  ghaghara known as dhabala (?????) with a strong
  woolen rope tied to it in the waste.
• This traditional outfit is known for its
  evergreen design, the bright interplay of colors
  and amalgamation of elaborate, intricate
  patterns. With a skirt like Ghagra and beautiful
  printed Odhni, a head gear, this traditional
  ensemble packs fashion, functionality that is
  bound to leave the wearer feeling beautiful and
  stylish.
• The innovations have been done to ensure that
  women feel more comfortable during the summer
  season when days get hotter. That is why printed
  Odhnis are used to protect their heads from the
  heat, while the Ghagra has an A-Shape design and
  features flair to ensure that women feel cool
  even while working in the fields.
• The blouse is made from pure cotton that easily
  soaks sweat and reduces feeling of heat. Ghagra
  designs from Jaat community of Thel have a
  universal appeal and global wear-ability. Mostly,
  this Ghagra style is used innovatively to form a
  Lehenga, which is a skirt similar to Ghagra but
  features more intricate designs including paisley
  prints and motif patterns.

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