What is "ghoonghat"

A ghoonghat is a veil worn by Indian women

Ghoonghat or Ghunghat may also refer to

• Ghunghat (1960 film), an Indian film directed by Ramanand Sagar
• Ghunghat (1962 film), a Pakistani film directed by Khurshid Anwar
• Ghunghat (1996 film), a Pakistani film directed by Syed Noor

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Ghoonghat (ghunghat, ghunghta, laaj, chunni, jhund or Odhni) is a veil or headscarf worn by some married Hindu, Jain, and Sikh women to cover their head, and often their face. Generally aanchal or pallu the loose end of a sari is pulled over the head and face to act as a ghunghat. A dupatta (long scarf) is also commonly used as a ghungat. Today, facial veiling by Hindu women as part of everyday attire is now mostly limited to Hindi-speaking areas of India.

Facial veiling is not sanctioned in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism but some sections of the society from 1st century B.C advocated the use of the veil for married women which came to be known as Ghoonghat. It has been both romanticized and criticized in religious and folk literature