Prime Minister Narendra Modi consistently wears impeccable traditional attire during national celebrations. Displaying enthusiasm and patriotic hues, he, renowned for his flamboyant and vivid turbans, sported a multicoloured Rajasthani leheriya print turban with white kurta and churidar for the 78th Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort.
PM Modi also wore a light blue bandhgala jacket. In keeping with the tradition of wearing colourful turbans on every Independence Day since 2014, Modi’s headgear this time was a mix of orange, yellow and green colour with a long tail.
Last year, Modi sported a multicolour Rajasthani bandhani print turban with an off-white kurta and churidar for the 78th Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort. He also wore a black V-neck jacket with a turban which was a mix of yellow, green and red colour with a long tail.
PM Modi chose a saffron headgear with red patterns and a long tail in year of 2022. With that, he wore a traditional kurta and a churidar, complemented by a blue jacket and a stole.
Colourful turbans have been a regular feature in the prime minister’s attire for Independence Day and Republic Day events.
For the Independence Day celebrations in 2021, the prime minister sported a saffron and cream headgear with a long tail. He had paired the ‘safa’ with a half-sleeve kurta and a fitted churidar.
Modi wore a white scarf with a saffron border that he used to cover his mouth and nose in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For his maiden Independence Day in 2014, he had opted for a bright red Jodhpuri bandhej turban.
In 2015, Modi chose a yellow turban covered with multi-coloured criss-cross lines.
PM Modi opted for a tie-and-dye turban in hues of pink and yellow in 2016.
The Prime Minister’s turban for 2017 was a mix of bright red and yellow with crisscrossed golden lines all over. For his speech at the Red Fort in 2018, he had donned a saffron turban. PM Modi’s speech this Independence Day is the last one before the 2014 general election.
With inputs from agencies.
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