What Women Should Wear While Travelling To India?
Plan to visit India? Well, besides having chalked out a well-planned itinerary it's
always good to know about every place's culture and tradition a bit. Some parts of India might just make your trip and experience a bit awkward especially when it comes to dressing. Although India doesn't follow a strict dress code but it's always better to be aware than sorry for what you wear as a female traveller. If you are a traveller from outside India dressing might just come in handy and if you are a domestic traveller chances are that you might escape if you know someone around locally.Destinations like Goa may not have restrictions compared to other metro or cosmopolitan bigger cities where you'll see lots of women scantily dressed in Western-styled outfits due to weather conditions. Outside big tourist areas and cities there's an unwritten dress-code where most women wear traditional Indian clothing (a sari or a salwar kameez), or maybe a kurta top (a shirt with long or short sleeves) with jeans accompanied with a bandana (scarf) or a stole to cover at least the top half of your body.
Going topless on uncovered some part of your body might call for trouble. If you are a foreign traveller, it's always advisable to check out with any of the locals or copy them before starting. What to wear in India can affect your trip to a large extent. But this does not mean that every female traveller should don a sari. Outfits that call for minimal attention is always advisable, try wearing loose-fitting t-shirts, jeans, long skirts, salwar kameez, kurta tops (avoid see-thru's) with long trousers, should be fine.
While visiting a religious site all of the above is a strict 'NO' except a salwar kameez with your head covered with a dupatta. A sari is always the best dress code while visiting a religious temple, ashram, mosque or function as it is the safest and most acceptable in most situations.
Attending a local festival or wedding in India calls for either wearing the respective local traditional outfit or a sari. Both might need local help as a sari can be a wee bit difficult to tie around yourself if you are non-Indian. Most Western women look clumsy and uncomfortable while wearing it but as they say- While in Rome, Do as the Romans Do.
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