Sri Lankan clothing

thumb|Maharani [[Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior dressed in sari, ]]

thumb|Dutch military personnel wearing sarong, 1949 thumb|Three women wearing sarongs in 1905

thumb|right|250px|A boy in a village of Narail, [[Bangladesh wearing a lungi with simple twist knot]] The lungi () is a clothing similar to the sarong that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The lungi, which usually multicoloured, is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel. It can be worn as casual wear and night wear. It is favoured in hot and humid climates where the airflow it allows makes it more comfortable than alternatives.

robe worn by fully-ordained Buddhist monks and nuns, pieced out of discarded clothing

thumb|Woman in choli c. 1872.