Dhotis, the national male dress, drying in the dawn breeze, India, Asia

Koneswaram Kovil Hindu temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Asia

Hindu pilgrim dressed in red kurta and dhoti performing personal puja at Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

Men wearing Assamese white and red gamosa scarves and fresh white homespun dhotis in Durga puja religious procession, Sualkuchi, Assam, India, Asia

Pilgrims at Pushkar Lake at sunrise, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, South Asia, Asia

Vishnaivite holy man sitting cross legged, preparing for morning puja, applying sandalwood tilaks on forehead and arms, wearing simple white dhoti and sacred Hindu string, Patna, Bihar, India, Asia

Man in white vest and dhoti, pouring molten bronze into clay mould, in Chola style lost wax bronze casting workshop, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Bihari man in white turban and dhoti, making clay oven in the ground to cook his meal at Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

Relaxed man in white dhoti selling coconut milk and sugar cane juice from simple wooden cart, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Bihari man in red dhoti carrying basket of pumpkins on his head through his village of dome thatched houses, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Man in vest and dhoti pouring sugar syrup onto bowl of puffed rice to make prasad, Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

Indian man in traditional dhoti trousers and turban at Sardar Market at Girdikot, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Northern India