Founder's Note

Kora is virgin cotton.
Pure. Simple . Alive.
I have always been drawn to this quiet simplicity. My wardrobe has long been a meditation on kora, its calm honesty, its refusal to perform. If a fabric is kora, it already feels like home.
In this collection, textiles form the soul—khadi, organic cotton, jamdani—anchored in temple borders and hand-embroidered details. Not as decoration, but as devotion. Every human touch is an excuse to infuse love.
Kora is imagined as elevated basics: garments that travel with you, work with you, sit beside you in meditation, and hold you during retreat. Clothes that rest lightly on the body, soften with time, and belong to the small rituals of everyday living. There is effortlessness in their form, and emotion in their making.
For me, white is not empty.
It carries memory, breath, presence.
It gives space for craft to speak softly—and for the wearer to feel at ease within themselves.
With Kora, I wanted to create clothing that supports a slower rhythm. Pieces you return to again and again.
Simple. Intentional. Unhurried.
— Founder, Upasana Auroville