Odhani - Rajasthani Women Wear Representing a Rich Culture
Odhani is the symbolic representation of Rajasthan clan culture. In high class of rural areas, the tradition of wearing odhani is quite ancient. The rural women adapt it as an idol of prestige and self respect.
Odhani wearing is a custom and devotion of Rajasthani women towards their husband and culture. Odhani is worn in combination with ghagra on lower portion and upper kurti/kanchali.
The length of odhani is around 3 meters and breadth is approx 1.5 meters which hangs along with ghagra.
On ordinary course, cotton and voil odhani is worn while on special occasions, gota odhani with many colours   is more prevalent.
Printing and Coloring
The art of coloring and bandez work used to be done by famous Mittoji of Jaipur and Tadthyub khan.
From eighteen century onwards, the clothes used to be printed, colored and tied up in various forms in the markets of Jaipur city in Rajasthan, some of them are::
POMCHA
In this type of odhani, there is rounded motifs of lotus. The base is of yellow, saffron or pink coloured in which lotus flowers are beautifully displaced.
LEHARIYA
It is made of five colours which is the basis of Rajasthani number system.
CHUNARI
There are many kinds of motifs in chunari like birds, animals, floral and geometrical patterns.
IMPORTANCE
Many folk songs of Rajasthan are based on odhani which are sung on special festivals.
LAVERI ODHANI
In Vishnoi and Charan class, Laveri odhani is worn.
