Chennai school shows the way in promoting traditional dhoti

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