In the walking costume, however, the sari, or outside garment, is passed round the shoulders and over the top of the head, so that the mathabana is unobserved, and the tout ensemble is then very graceful.
Indian women who wear the most brilliant costumes. It is against the custom of the higher castes to be photographed at all, and none are more so than Hindus.
Very many members of this caste become ascetics, and wander from town to town, accepting such alms as may be given them, but asking nothing.
The Fascination of the Indian costume and fashion history during the glorious time of the North Indian Mughal era.
The Egg Dance at the court of Bhopal,” by Emile Bayard
Fruit seller in traditional Indian costume, 18th century.
Mughal empire. India noble woman of the 15th century.
Niece of the Maharaja of Kapurthala. Indian feminist counselor of Gandhi, co-founders of the All-Indian women’s committee, author and minister.
Dress of a Panka-Wallah (पङ्खा वाला), Indian servant. A punkah, from Hindi Pankha ‘fan’ in Sanskrit पकशक pakśaka, refers to a large piece of cloth or other material hanging from the… Read More
Sarojini Naidu “The Nightingale of India” was a confidant of Mahatma Gandhi and a key figure in the independence movement and had repeated in captivity.
