Peshawari Pagri is the traditional Pashtun-style turban worn in Peshawar. It is worn not only by the local Muslims, but was also used by the Hindus. It is a two-piece headgear. One piece is a dome-shaped hard cap or kulla, generally embroidered with golden thread. The other piece, called lungi, consists of a long and narrow piece of cotton cloth (not to be confused with a waist cloth wrapped in some regions). It has a fan-shaped turra (crest) and a tail termed shamla. Subhas Chandra Bose had used a Peshawari turban to disguise himself as a Pathan in 1941 to flee from the British territory. During the British rule a similar turban was part of the dress for some government peons.
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