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The TN Govt's tableau showcased Mahatma Gandhi's radical switch to loincloth in 1921 It depicted peasants in loincloths with bulllocks.

Suba Veerapandian, general secretary of Dravida Iyakka thamizhar Peravai, said gandhi decided to wear a loincloth after seeing the plight of farmers in Madurai On Sept 22,1921 .

It's an important event associated with the Father of the Nation and Tamilnadu, But women engaged in farming in the 1920s didn't dress the way it was depicted in the tableau, such practises were in existence in Parts of erstwhile Travancore region. Ban on women wearing blouses was abolished in the 19th century after a movement started by Ayya Vaikundar,

He said It should have not been done at an event witnessed by foreign delegates, he added.

R Geetha advisor , Un organised Workers Federation, said the portrayal of women sans blouses should have been avoided. "An old plaque at Madurai railway station junction states that Mahatma Gandhi had turned to loincloth after witnessing male farmers dressed in thin cloths at the railway station,

She said An official with the information and publicity department said that the idea was to portray an event based on recorded literature for Mahatma Gandhi;s 150th birth anniversary. We have also received calls about the tableau. However, the event was chosen as not many may be aware about why Gandhi adopted the attire and its Tamil Nadu connect,

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