India, being a nation of diversities, boasts of an enormous amssount of variety in customs, cultures and languages. Here, food habits, dialects, and attires change after a few hundred kilometers. So, its no surprise that saree draping styles change as one traverses through the length and breadth of the country. The style of wearing a saree, depends to a large extent on the culture and customs prevalent in a given geographical area. To understand this better, lets examine how sarees are worn in various parts of the country.
Lets start with the urban areas of North India, where one can see women wearing a saree in the ulta pallu style wherein the decorated edge of the saree is placed over the left shoulder and falls behind the back. This style has become very popular as most working women find it very functional and easy to manage.