If the PM’s kurta is called Modi Kurta — thanks to its novel design — Yogi’s kurta is called ‘Nakhooni Saada Kurta’.
Like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also has his own dressing style. However, unlike Modi, Yogi has never donned suites or pant-shirts in the past 26 years. But the BJP leader’s style of saffron kurta has become the latest fad in town.
If the PM’s kurta is called Modi Kurta — thanks to its novel design — Yogi’s kurta is called ‘Nakhooni Saada Kurta’. The name sounds bizarre. The tailor who stitches his kurta keeps his thumb nail long. But why? What has nails got to do with stitching of Yogi’s kurta?
Buddhiram, tailor and owner of Bharatiya Tailors, situated outside Gorakhnath temple complex in Gorakhpur, reveals the secret and explains: “Chote Maharaj (as Yogi is popularly known in his hometown) likes rounded embroidered stitching, also known as piped stitching. For this the tailor requires to have nails so that he can press while creating a piped or embroidered-look stitching,” says Buddhiram.
Yogi first visited Buddhiram in 1993, when he had taken to sanyaas and joined the Gorakhnath temple and math to become a disciple of the late Mahant Avaidhnath. It was Avaidhnath who had directed Mahant Mahendra Nath to take Yogi to Buddhiram’s tailoring shop for the saffron sets of clothes he was to don.
“When he came for the first time and gave his measurement, he himself had created that simple but unique design which gives the kurta a natural and comfortable, but a different and unique look. We were amazed at his creativity,” recalls the owner.
Yogi likes round neck without collar kurtas. His sleeve width is usually double the size of common kurtas. Another tailor in his shop says that he prefers this to let air pass on all the time to cool his body. In summers, he will wear half sleeves while in winters he wears full-size kurtas.
“As a principle and devotee of Gorakhnath temple, we never bill stitching charges for kurtas and other clothes of saints serving the math and temple. Instead, we seek their blessings for the growth of our business,” claims Buddhiram.
His kurta cloth is usually bought from Gandhi Ashram in bulk and kept in Buddhiram’s shop.
Yogi usually wore cotton kurtas in early years, but after joining the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1998 as the youngest parliamentarian, Matka silk replaced cotton as the new fabric of his kurtas.
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