 A local custom in Chamba was to give the Jogi of the Natha sect a cotton "maikhal" sheet to wear over the head during the "Nuwala" ceremony to honour Lord Siva.Chamba and the surrounding district have been well documented as being a producer of fine cloth and embroidered dresses for centuries.Given the history of migrants arriving in Chamba from across Kashmir and Tibet over the centuries, today Chamba has a variety of traditional dresses, defined by the region to which they belong.