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Pajama trousers as daywear

Indian Company School, Lucknow, “Man Dyeing Cloth,” early 1830s, Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access. Depicts a man wearing loose striped pajama trousers. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.142
19th-century Indian silk kurta, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access, public domain. The museum record does not identify wearer gender. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86189

Indian Company School, Lucknow, “Man Dyeing Cloth,” early 1830s, Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access. Depicts a man wearing loose striped pajama trousers. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.142

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In India, pajamas are not only sleepwear: loose drawstring trousers are also worn as day clothes, including with a long tunic called a kurta. But clothing styles in the country are diverse and vary by region, community, occasion, and personal choice.