page_title: Pagri (turban)
section_title: Dastar
hierarchical_section_title: Pagri (turban) / Specific styles / Dastar
caption_attribution_description: English: Sikh wearing turban . Norsk nynorsk: Ung sikh med turban og mobiltelefon.
context_page_description: Pagari, sometimes also transliterated as pagari, is the term for turban originating in the Indian subcontinent. It specifically refers to a headdress that is worn by men and women, which needs to be manually tied. Other names include sapho.
  All people of Maithili speaking area wear turban. The Pagari is prevalent in Mithila region since time immemorial. Except Brahmins and Kayastha, all other people from all other caste and community wear Pagari (turban). The people of Yadav, Teli, Sudhi, Kalbar, Dusadh, Mochi etc are used Pagari in mithila. Pagari is their identity. Solakan, Pichhdaavarg, Backward etc wear Pagari. The Brahmin people are forced to wearing their identity on other caste. People oppose this activity in Mithila. In Mithila Pagari is also known as Pagadi.
context_section_description: A dastar is a pagri worn by Sikhs. It is mandatory for all Khalsas, i.e., Amritdhari (Initiated) Sikhs, to wear one. Styles may vary between different Sikh orders and regions. A Sikh turban plays an important part of the unique Sikh identity. It is worn to cover the long, uncut hair (termed kesh) that is one of the five outward symbols ordered by Guru Gobind Singh as a means to profess the Khalsa Sikh faith.
  The most commonly worn styles of dastar include PatialaShahi dastar, Morni/Pochvi dastar, Amritsar Shahi dastar, Canadian style and many more regional. In Punjabi dialects pagri is often shortened to pagg.
caption: A Sikh man wearing a dastar
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