Choli

A choli (Hindi: चोली, Urdu: چولی, Gujarati: ચોળી, Marathi: चोळी, Nepali: चोलो cholo) or ravike in South India (Kannada: ರವಿಕೆ, Telugu: రవికె, Tamil: ரவிக்கை) is a blouse or a bodice-like upper garment, that is usually cut short or cropped leaving the midriff bare. It is worn along with a sari in the Indian subcontinent. In northern Gujarat is also known as polku (Gujarati: પોલકું). The choli is also part of the ghagra choli costume in the Indian subcontinent. Women of Rajput families wore the kurti on top of the choli, because the choli left the midriff & the back bare.^[1]