I didn't know about that either , about Deepika unveiling the trophy. I actually don't like her at all. Anyways, yeah, it's absolutely normal and expected that one wouldn't know the cultural and religious significance of a certain attire in a community , but not knowing one thing and publishing an insensitive article based on not knowing and not researching is whole another thing.
Yeah, here is an article how Uttoriyo is part of honoring.

https://twitter.com/Patton_IntLtd/status/1378008335912300544

It's actually going on since the Vaidik era .