
mundu

mundu (malyalamah mundu) haah bharatachya keral, tamilanadu, lakshdweep dweepsamuh aanee maldiv yaa bharatiy mahasagaratil bett rashtrat kambarebhovati paridhan keela jaanara eka poshakh aahe. tyacha dhoti aanee lungisarkhya saronganshi jawalcha sambandh aahe. too samanyatah kapus aanee pandhya kinwa malai rangane vinala jaato. kapus virghalalela aahe qee virghalalela nahee yavar rung avalambun asato. aii heey hatmag vaparoon banavale jaate. jevha raktastrav hott nahee, tevha mundula mhanatat. aadhunik kalat, munduche done prakar prachalit aahet-eka aanee duheri. eka mundu fakt ekdach kambarebhovati gundalala jaato, tarr duheri mundu ghalanyapurvi ardhya bhagat gundalala jaato. mundu sahasa vaparnyapurvi starch keela jaato.
purush.
mundumadhye sahasa tulanene jaad kapadyachi eka resha asate jee simejaval vinali jaate jyala "kaara" mhanatat. kaara' rangeet asoo shakate aanee vividh aakarat yete. duheri rangache aanee sajavatiche 'kaara' (munduchya shevati rangachi patti) dekhil aahe. adhik aupcharik prasangi (vivahansarkhya), mundumadhye kasavoo mhanoon olakhali jaanari soneri bharatkam asate. paridhan karnara munducha shevat kaljipurvak dumadun 'kaara' varr prakash takto. jaree davya bajula kaara asalelya shaili prachalit aahet, taree 'kaara' samanyatah vyaktichya ujavya bajula disato.
shishtacharanche naan bolalele niyam mundu kase paridhan kele jaate heey niyantrit karatat. kaam kartana, cycle chalavatana ityadi velee purush sahasa lahan skartsarkhe disanyasathi kapade ardhyat dumadatat. asha samajik paristhitila tond detana, munduchi dumad eka adrushya zotane sail kelee jaate aanee paay purnapane jhakanyasathi tee khalee udate. kadhikadhi patta vaparla jaeel; hiravya kinwa kalya rangat yenanya lokpriy velcro pattyamadhye maulyavan vastoo thevanyasathi aanee mundu (kinwa lungi) surakshit thevanyasathi pivalya rangache khise asatat.
melmundu' haah 'aur' sarkhach varcha poshakh aahe. jeey striya ghalatat; 'mundu' aanee 'melmundu' haah purushanni paridhan kelelya paramparik malyali poshakhacha eka bhag aahe.
dakshin bharatiy sanskratit pashchatya poshakhancha lakshaniy prabhav asoonahi, keralche hindu paramparik samarambh (itar dakshin bharatiy rajyanmadhil kahee hindu jaatee) purushansathi mundu ghalane anivarya aahe. hindu vivahansathi purushanna shirt kinwa 'mail mundu' sobat mundu ghalava lagato. 
dharmik prasangi mundu keral brahman paridhan karatat.
purushanni mandiranchya bhetidarmyan aanee dharmik karyakramanna upasthit asatana mundu ghalane dekhil yogya manale jaate, jaree teey serve thikani anivarya nahee. tathapi, purushanni keralmadhil kahee prasiddha mandiranna, jase qee guruvayur mandir, padmanabhaswamy mandir) ityadeena bhet denyasathi mundu aanee mail mundu ghalane anivarya aahe. bhaktanchya soyisathi mandir vyavasthapan heey mandir parisarat bhadyane deu shakatat.
mahila.
mundam nariatum navacha eka prakar striya adhik vela vapartat. mundam nariatum' haah done munduncha sanch aahe, doghanmadhye 'kaara' julato. yaa sanchamadhye purushanni paridhan kelelya kapadyanpramanech eka khalcha poshakh asato. blaujane paridhan kelela varcha mundu, kambar aanee sharirachya varchya bhagat ekada gundalalela asato aanee davya khandyala latakavoon, sadisarkha thewala jaato. yala anekada seet-mundu mhanatat. heey sahasa sann kinwa vishesh prasangi paridhan kele jaate.
veshti' haah mundusah kapadacha eka lahan tukada (samanyatah khandyavar thewala jaato) aahe, joou aupcharik prasangi malyalam lokanmadhye keralmadhye paridhan keela jaato.
keral lungi.
keralmadhye, lungi, jyala kinwa asehi mhanatat, tee purush aanee striya doghehi ghalatat. kamgar kaam kartana lungi ghalane pasant karatat. keralmadhil bahutek purush lungicha vapar anaupacharik poshakh mhanoon kinwa gharguti poshakh mhanoon karatat, kaaran tee ghalane khoop aaramdayak asate. lungi samanyatah rangiberangi asatat aanee vegvegalya rachana asatat. vivahsohalyanmadhye kinwa itar dharmik samarambhanmadhye teey paridhan kele jaat naheet. kesher rangachya lungi () dekhil samanyatah purush paridhan karatat.