PM Narendra Modi attended the grand parade and paid his respects to the fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial, dressed in a light blue bandhgala coat, a navy blue cotton kurta, and white pants. As for the safa, he chose a multicoloured one – featuring red, green, purple, yellow, and orange hues – decorated with golden brocade embroidery.
2025
PM Modi, in 2025, chose a saffron-and-red safa, paired with a brown bandhgala coat and a cream-coloured churidar kurta set.
2024
In 2024, Prime Minister Modi donned a vibrant Bandhani-print turban in saffron, pink, white, and yellow, paired with a classic white cotton kurta-pyjama and a brown sadri.
2023
On January 26, 2023, PM Modi chose another colourful turban – a traditional pheta decked with orange, red, green, yellow, and white patterns. He paired it with a cream-coloured churidar kurta, a black bandhagala coat, and a silk scarf, which rounded off the look.
2022
On the 73rd Republic Day, PM Modi wore a traditional kurta-pyjama set and a grey check-embroidered jacket, along with a face mask. A unique Uttarakhand traditional cap, a scarf, and a Brahma Kamal-inspired brooch rounded off his look.
2021
For the 2021 celebrations, he wore a ‘Halari Pagdi’. It is a bright red bandhej (a type of tie-dye textile) headgear – a gift from the royal family of Jamnagar in Gujarat – with yellow dots.
2020
PM Modi wore a colourful turban for the 71st Republic Day, too – a saffron bandhej headgear with a tail. Bandhej is a print developed using the tie-dye method, practised mainly in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
