Traditional Clothes Worn In Maharashtra. It is worn with a short-sleeved blouse called as the Choli. A waistcoat known as Bandi is also worn at times inside the shirt.
In the Marathi language costume is called vesh bhusha which translates to cloth and apparel that is worn to adorn and beautify ones person. The main types are the Puneri Pagadi Kolhapuri and Mawali pheta. The men of the state wear Dhoti paired with Pheta.
Marathi women wear 9 yards long saree known as the Nauvari or Lugade saree.
It is either made in cotton or silk and is worn without a petticoat. The main types are the Puneri Pagadi Kolhapuri and Mawali pheta. Most of the elderly men wear Topi and Pheta a freshly folded turban made of cotton or silk fabric. As Maharashtra is the land of Marathas and Peshwas women wear traditional jewelries derived from these two dynasties.