page_title: Raj pattern
hierarchical_section_title: Raj pattern
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (now Thailand) wearing the raj pattern costume
context_page_description: Raj pattern refers either to a Thai men's costume consisting of a white Nehru-style jacket with five buttons, a chong kraben, knee-length socks and dress shoes, or to the specific form of the jacket itself. It was worn chiefly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by government officials and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume.
context_section_description: Raj pattern (Thai: ราชปะแตน, RTGS: ratcha pataen, [râːt.t͡ɕʰā.pā.tɛ̄ːn]) refers either to a Thai men's costume consisting of a white Nehru-style jacket with five buttons, a chong kraben, knee-length socks and dress shoes, or to the specific form of the jacket itself. It was worn chiefly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by government officials and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume.
caption: King Chulalongkorn wearing the raj pattern costume
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