The dhoti, also known as pancha or veshti is the traditional men's garment in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A similar garment is worn in some rural areas of Punjab province in Pakistan, but the use is fast declining. It is a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 4.5 metres long, wrapped around the waist and the legs and knotted at the waist.

Pancha wearers are predominant in the states of Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharastra, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, and Orissa. In the northern parts of Gujarat and southern parts of Rajasthan the Pancha is worn with a short kurta called kediya on top. In both north and south India, notably Bihar, West Bengal, and parts Sri Lanka the garment is worn with a kurta on top, the combination known simply as dhoti kurta. In Tamil Nadu, it is worn with a sattai (shirt) or else with a chokka (shirt) in Andhra Pradesh or jubba (a local version of kurta). The lungi is a similar piece of cloth worn in a similar manner.

The name dhoti derives from Sanskrit dhauta^{[citation needed]}. The garment has numerous other names such as, ଧୋତି Dhotī in Oriya, called ધૉતિયુ Dhotiyu in Gujarati, চওৰকীয়কা Suriya in Assamese, ধুতি Dhuti in Bengali, ಢೊತಿ/ಕಛ್ಛೆ ಪನ್ಛೆ Dhoti or Kachche Panche in Kannada,‌ Dhotar, Angostar, Aad-neschey or Pudve in Konkani, മുണ്ട് Mundu in Malayalam, ధోతీ/పంచె Dhoti or Pancha in Telugu, धोतर Dhotar in Marathi, ਲ਼ਾਛ Laacha in Punjabi and "Mardaani" in cities of UP, Bihar, Terai, வேட்டி vEtti or வேஷ்டி vEshti in Tamil.