80th Independence Day: A throwback at PM Modi’s signature Red Fort turbans

PM
Modi
wo e
a
st iki g
ed
tie-a d-dye
tu ba
featu i g
yellow,
g ee
a d
white
patte s
fo
I depe de ce
day.

NEW
DELHI:
To
ma k
I dia’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a ived
at
the
Red
Fo t
o
Satu day
wea i g
a
st iki g
ed
tie-a d-dye
tu ba
with
a
lo g
t aili g
e d,
as
he
delive ed
his
13th
co secutive
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
histo ic
ampa ts.The
tu ba
featu ed
i t icate
ed,
g ee
a d
white
patte s,
eflecti g
styles
associated
with
Rajastha i
a d
Guja ati
t aditio s.
He
pai ed
it
with
a
white
ku ta-pajama
a d
a
b ow
jacket,
completi g
the
look
with
th ee
pocket
squa es
i
saff o ,
white
a d
g ee —the
colou s
of
the
atio al
flag.

Fo
mo e
tha
a
decade,
PM
Modi’s
I depe de ce
Day
appea a ces
at
the
Red
Fo t
have
featu ed
a
closely
watched
visual
t aditio :
the
tu ba .
Si ce
his
fi st
add ess
as
P ime
Mi iste
i
2014,
he
has
chose
safas
a d
tu ba s
i
a
wide
a ge
of
colou s,
patte s
a d
egio al
styles,
ofte
b i gi g
I dia’s
ich
textile
he itage
a d
c aftsma ship
i to
focus.

F om
Rajastha ’s
ba dhej
a d
lehe iya
to
t icolou -i spi ed
desig s,
his
choice
of
headgea
has
evolved
f om
yea
to
yea
while
etai i g
its
t aditio al
cha acte .
He e
is
a
look
back
at
the
disti ctive
tu ba s
that
have
become
a
ecog isable
featu e
of
Modi’s
I depe de ce
Day
appea a ces.

2025:
Saff o
takes
ce t e
stage

Fo
the
79th
I depe de ce
Day,
Modi
opted
fo
a
all-saff o
safa,
pai ed
with
a
white
ku ta
a d
chu ida ,
a
saff o
ba dhgala
jacket
a d
a
t icolou
stole.The
saff o
tu ba
ma ked
his
12th
co secutive
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
histo ic
Red
Fo t.

2024:
A
wave
of
Rajastha

I
2024,
Modi
chose
a
lehe iya-p i t
tu ba
featu i g
bold
o a ge,
da k
g ee
a d
yellow
st eaks,
with
a
lo g,
deeply
pleated
tail.Lehe iya
is
a
t aditio al
Rajastha i
tie-dye
textile
k ow
fo
its
wave-like
patte s,
i spi ed
by
the
moveme t
of
dese t
wi ds.

2023:
Ba dha i
makes
a
colou ful
etu

Modi
wo e
a
multicolou ed
Rajastha i-style
ba dha i
tu ba
i
2023,
featu i g
shades
of
yellow,
g ee
a d
ed.
The
P ime
Mi iste
pai ed
it
with
a
off-white
ku ta-chu ida ,
a
black
V- eck
jacket
a d
a
geomet ic-patte ed
pocket
squa e.

2022:
A
t icolou -i spi ed
tu ba

I
2022,
Modi
alig ed
his
I depe de ce
Day
atti e
with
the
Ha
Gha
Ti a ga
campaig ,
wea i g
a
white
tu ba
deco ated
with
saff o
a d
g ee
st ipes.
He
pai ed
it
with
a
white
ku ta-chu ida
a d
a
baby-blue
Neh u
jacket.The
headgea
mi o ed
the
colou s
of
the
atio al
flag
while
etai i g
the
t aditio al
fo mat
associated
with
his
I depe de ce
Day
appea a ces.

2021:
Saff o ,
ed
a d
a
flowi g
t ail

Du i g
the
Covid-19
pa demic
i
2021,
Modi
wo e
a
saff o
tu ba
featu i g
bold
ed
patte s
a d
a
lo g
pi k
t ail.
He
pai ed
it
with
a
white
ku ta,
fitted
chu ida ,
deep
blue
jacket
a d
a
white
sca f
edged
with
a
saff o
bo de .The
lo g
t aili g
e d
emai ed
a
p omi e t
featu e
of
the
headgea ,
co ti ui g
the
disti ctive
visual
style
of
his
ea lie
I depe de ce
Day
tu ba s.

2020:
A
safa
doubli g
as
a
mask

At
the
height
of
the
Covid-19
pa demic,
Modi
chose
a
saff o -a d-c eam
tu ba
with
a
exte ded
tail.
He
wo e
it
with
a
white
ku ta
a d
chu ida ,
alo g
with
a
o a ge-a d-white
stole
that
also
se ved
as
a
p otective
face
cove i g.The
e semble
combi ed
his
ecu i g
use
of
t aditio al
headgea
with
a
p actical
espo se
to
the
public-health
ci cumsta ces
of
the
time.

2019:
A
od
to
Rajastha ’s
textile
he itage

I
2019,
Modi
wo e
a
multicolou ed
safa
featu i g
Rajastha ’s
t aditio al
lehe iya
wave
patte .
The
desig
c eated
a
ipple
effect
ac oss
the
headgea
a d
co ti ued
his
use
of
egio al
textile
t aditio s
fo
the
I depe de ce
Day
occasio .

2018:
Saff o
with
a
lo g
t ail

I
2018,
Modi
etu ed
to
saff o ,
wea i g
a
b ight
tu ba
deco ated
with
ed
patte s
a d
a
lo g
t ail
that
exte ded
almost
to
his
a kles.He
pai ed
the
headgea
with
a
white
stole
featu i g
a
b oad
geomet ic-patte ed
bo de .

2017:
A
flamboya t
yellow
tu ba

Modi
chose
a
vib a t
yellow
tu ba
i
2017,
featu i g
i t icate
t aditio al
a d
geomet ic
patte s
wove
ac oss
the
fab ic.The
headgea
combi ed
b ight
ed
a d
yellow
with
a
subtle
golde
c iss-c oss
desig .

2016:
Pi k,
yellow
a d
ba dhej

I
2016,
Modi
emb aced
the
classic
tie-a d-dye
tech ique
with
a
vib a t
ba dhej
tu ba
i
b ight
pi k
a d
yellow.
The
headgea
featu ed
disti ctive
patte s
a d
a
lo g
t aili g
e d.

The
festive
desig
eflected
the
P ime
Mi iste ’s
p efe e ce
fo
colou ful
t aditio al
headgea
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s.

2015:
A
c iss-c oss
Rajastha i
desig

I
2015,
Modi
wo e
a
su y
yellow
tu ba
cove ed
i
a
multicolou ed
c iss-c oss
patte
combi i g
ed
a d
deep
g ee .
The
headgea
featu ed
a
lo g
t ail
exte di g
towa ds
his
a kles,
givi g
the
t aditio al
Rajastha i-style
tu ba
a
p omi e t
silhouette.It
ma ked
a othe
ea ly
example
of
Modi
usi g
I depe de ce
Day
atti e
to
fo eg ou d
I dia
textile
t aditio s.

2014:
The
t aditio
begi s

Fo
his
maide
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
as
P ime
Mi iste
i
2014,
Modi
wo e
a
b ight
ed
Jodhpu i
ba dhej
tu ba
with
co t asti g
g ee
acce ts.The
Rajastha i-style
headgea
featu ed
vivid
o a ge,
yellow
a d
g ee
to es
a d
t aditio al
patte s.
That
fi st
Red
Fo t
appea a ce
established
the
colou ful
tu ba
as
a
ecu i g
eleme t
of
Modi’s
I depe de ce
Day
wa d obe,
a
t aditio
that
has
co ti ued
th ough
successive
add esses.

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