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  Cricket tournament features players in dhoti and kurta, commentary in Sanskrit language | VIDEO

  Trending | January 07, 2024 14:08 IST

  Cricket in dhoti: The winners of the event, organised to mark birth anniversary of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who introduced practice of transcendental meditation to the West, this year will get to visit Ayodhya, where the consecration of the Ram temple will be held on January 22.

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  TN Assembly passes bill to end restriction on dhoti

  Politics | August 12, 2014 16:04 IST

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu Assembly today unanimously passed a bill making enforcing dress code and banning entry of persons wearing ‘dhoti' in public places a cognisable offence punishable with jail term.  The House adopted the Tamil

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  Dhoti issue: CM Jayalalithaa warns action against errant clubs

  Politics | July 16, 2014 14:22 IST

  Chennai: Decrying the action of a private club imposing a dress code and denying entry to a dhoti-clad Judge as an “insult” to Tamil culture, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the government would enact

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  Pubs, liquor very much part of Indian culture: BJP MLA

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:47 IST

  Panaji: Days after a minister in Manohar Parrikar-led government set off a controversy by denouncing “pub culture”, a BJP MLA has invoked mythology saying “pub and liquor are very much part of Indian culture” and

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  When Simbu made Akon wear a dhoti

  Bollywood | May 08, 2013 16:05 IST

  IANS Chennai, May 8: Tamil actor Simbu made international R&B singer Akon wear a veshti (dhoti) while shooting for the music video of the global version of his hit love single "Love Anthem"."It was fun shooting