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A sari (also known as a saree or a shari) is a type of clothing for women. It is mostly used as a daily clothing in modern Republic of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It is a very long strip of cloth. Women wrap it around their body. It is the National dress-code commonly worn by Bangladeshi and Indian women alike respectively. Also some Urdu or Mohajir-speaking communities of Pakistani women also wear this garment.

There are different kinds of saris for different occasions.

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  • Raja Ravi Varma, Galaxy of Musicians

    Different kinds of Sari

  • Sari 2

    A Nivi Sari

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    Sculpture of woman wearing a sari in the 2nd century AD

  • Styles of Sari

    Various kinds of Saris

  • Kandyan Sinhalese Lady Wearing A Traditional Kandyan Saree (Osaria)

    A Sinhalese Sari from the 19th-century AD

  • Gujrati Sari

    A Gujarati Sari

  • Tamil Sari

    A Tamil Sari

  • Bengali Sari

    A Bengali Sari

  • Women and Child in Saree

    Woman and girl dressed in a Marathi sari

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