Kota Doria

Kota Doriya Sarees are made of pure cotton and silk and have square like patterns known as khats on them.

It is said that jhala zalim singh of Kotah brought weavers from Mysore in Karnataka to Kotah, in the mid 17th century, as they wove a characteristic small squared lightweight cotton fabric that looks like graph paper and is suitable for turbans.

Rao Kishore Singh died in a battle in Karnataka in 1696 while fighting for the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

[2] Silk was added to the cotton in a 20:80 ratio approximately to give the sari strength.

Nowadays hand woven silk Kota Doria saris have also become popular.