1. The first being a skirt type garment ( dhoti ), with a blouse (choli) and scarf.

2. Men usually wore a Dhoti , which is a length of fabric wrapped around the waist.

3. Guanyin stands on the lotus throne with the half-closed eyes looking down and the body adorned by tassels and red dhoti.

4. Wearing a white dhoti, or wrapped pantaloon, and a faded striped shirt, the 90-year-old king looked less like the man sitting on a $22 billion windfall and more like a retired scholar.

5. Dressed as always in his homespun, sacklike dhoti, and leaning heavily on a staff of stout wood, Gandhi, was only a few feet from the pagoda when the shots were fired.

6. The dhoti evolved from the ancient antriya which was passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covered the legs loosely, then flowed into long pleats at front of the legs, the same way it is worn today.