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In Rajasthani Turban Style. |
When
every corner, every street sings “Padharo Mhare Des” for you, you know you are
in royal state of Rajasthan. Rajasthan is a treasure trove of history and one
can spend years trying to unearth its hidden gems. Every time I visit a new
place, I get blown in air with the history, architecture, culture, tradition
and beauty of the place. There is no beauty without any color. Most of the
places in India we will found different colors in different places with
different culture, tradition etc.
Rajasthan
is widely recognized for its charming and elegant colorful turbans. And here
wearing a traditional is always special. An important component of the
Rajasthani attire is the turban. It’s a headdress worn by men in Rajasthan as
well as other parts of the Indian subcontinent and needs to be tied manually.
Rajasthani turban is also known as safa, paag or pagri. They vary in style,
color and size.
Later
I come to know that style, color and size also indicate a wearer’s social
class, caste, region and the occasion it being worn for. Its shape and size may
also vary with the climate conditions for the different regions. Generally
Turbans in the hot desert areas are large and loose and initially worn to
escape the harsh sun and later on becoming a status symbol, over a thousand
styles of turban tying exist all over Rajasthan. The fabric used is mostly
colorful tie dyed or printed cotton bandhani which forms dots on the fabric or
lehariya identified by wavy lines all over fabric.
Some
other popular turbans are, Panchrangi turban is originally worn by Rajputs. Langas
is weared by musician. And popularly they are known as Langas the musician.
Joudhpuri safa is popular choice of our hon’ble PM Narendra Modi. Camel herder
community also known as rebari men are wearing entangled huge turban. In
Rajasthan and at some places of Gujarat, originally people started to wear a
turban like cloth to keep their head cool. The cloth was kept soaked in water
overnight and tied in morning. It was a way of escaping from the harsh and
scorching heat of sun in the hot climate of desert… Later on it goes on becoming the symbol of
status.
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| Front View of Hawa Mahal, Jaipur |
I
visited the capital city of Jaipur many times, which is famous as, ‘Pink City’.
The local people made me acknowledged about this fact that the name of the city
is as such because here each and every house, office and institution are
coloured in pink hue and I also watched it but the it's in only main jaipur and
ancient area. Outer palace connected to ancient jaipur is not like pink city,
there are normal buildings as like are in other city of india. The splendid
architectural grandeur of Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Nahargarh
Fort and the serenity of other places spellbound me totally. Besides, I came
across a marvelous blending of the Mughal and Rajput cultures in Jaipur city
which add more to my vacationing experience.
Glimpse of The Gateway to Thar, Rajasthan
A
Land of Maharajahs (Kings), Rajasthan is adorned with several man-made wonders.
A visit to the forts and monuments of Rajasthan in really a fantastic
experience. In fact, when you visit the forts and monuments you feel that you
have been transferred to a bygone era.
Next time I'm trying to visit Bhilwara and Chittorgarh. I received
invitation to visit these places many times from Bhilwara based friend Rohit
Bishnoi. This time I missed this opportunity to visit these places including
marriage at his home.
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| Too tired.. clicked after 10 hours visit... On The Road of the Gateway to Thar, Rajasthan |
See you soon bye….!!
Parveen Kumar Sahrawat
