After the conclusion of the parade on the 75th Republic Day on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked on the duty path for some time and waved towards the people present there and greeted them. There was a wave of happiness among the people present there when the Prime Minister passed by them.
During this, people welcomed him with thunderous applause and raised slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. Prime Minister Modi also went to the other side of the duty path, where he was welcomed by excited spectators who wanted to take his photographs through mobile phones.
Continuing his tradition of wearing bright and colorful turbans on special occasions, Prime Minister Modi wore a multicolored ‘Bandhani’ print turban on the occasion of the 75th Republic Day on Friday. Bandhani is a type of tie-dye cloth which is popular in Gujarat and Rajasthan. This is a method in which dyeing is done by tying and knotting the cloth.
Georgette, chiffon, silk and cotton fabric is tied tightly with a thread before putting it in the color pool and when this thread is opened, the tied part becomes colored. Then the design is made by hand using thread on the cloth. The Prime Minister wore a white kurta-pajama with a brown V-neck jacket. His turban was of yellow, saffron, pink and red colours.
Rajasthani safa or turban has been the Prime Minister’s choice for Independence Day and Republic Day. Last year too, Modi wore a multicolored Rajasthani turban with kurta and churidar pajama. Later that year, on the 77th Independence Day, he chose a multi-coloured Rajasthani-style turban whose end (chella) was long till below the waist.
In 2019, after returning to power for a second term with a thumping majority, Modi wore a multicolored turban while delivering his sixth Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. On the occasion of his first Independence Day speech in 2014, he wore a bright red Jodhpuri Bandhej Safa. In 2015, Prime Minister Modi wore a multicolored lehariya yellow turban and in 2016, a pink and yellow tie-and-dye turban.
In the year 2017, the Prime Minister’s turban was a mixture of bright red and yellow colors. It had golden lines all around it. He wore a saffron turban while addressing the nation at the Red Fort in 2018. From the bright red Bandhani turban of Kutch to the yellow Rajasthani turban, Modi’s attire on Republic Day has been the main attraction. In the year 2022, Modi had chosen a unique traditional cap of Uttarakhand for the Republic Day celebrations.