Amid a controversy over elite clubs not allowing entry to dhoti-clad
men and the state government’s intervention to uphold cultural values, a
school here has been quietly following “only dhoti norm” for the past
60 years for its boy students and male teachers
At the Tamil Nadu Government-aided Sri Ahobila Math Oriental Higher
Secondary School at West Mambalam,Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India the uniform for boy students from
class VI to XII is dhoti and white shirt. Male teachers too are required
to only wear dhoti. “This has been the practice since 1953 when the
school was founded and is part of the management’s other measures like
Vedic learning to nurture our culture,” school Principal N Uma told
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