Lehenga Choli (skirt and blouse)

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Ghagra Choli or a Lehenga Choli is the traditional clothing of women in Rajasthan and Gujarat.Punjabis also wear them and they are used in some of their folk dances. It is a combination of lehenga, a tight choli and an odhani. A lehenga is a form of a long skirt which is pleated. It is usually embroidered or has a thick border at the bottom. A choli is a blouse shell garment, which is cut to fit to the body and has short sleeves and a low neck.

Different styles of ghagra cholis are worn by the women, ranging from a simple cotton lehenga choli as a daily wear, a traditional ghagra with mirrors embellished usually worn during navratri for the garba dance or a fully embroidered lehenga worn during marriage ceremonies by the bride.

Popular among unmarried women other than salwar kameez are Gagra choli and Langa voni.

All are long skirts worn as a bottom portion with a choli (Blouse), except that Lehenga is worn on festivals and special events while Ghagra or Chaniya is a traditional skirt worn on day to day basis by girls and women particularly in the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan.