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Seth Hiralal Kothari
Founder · 1892
Master goldsmith from Marwar
A Heritage House of Jaipur
The Kothari Legacy
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Four generations. One unbroken vow — to craft jewels that carry the weight of memory.
The Founding
A single forge, a quiet vow.
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In the closing years of the nineteenth century, a young goldsmith from Marwar arrived in Jaipur with little more than his tools, his prayers and his teacher's blessing.
Within the gold-lit lanes of Johari Bazaar he found a small room, lit a single forge, and began. The pieces he made were quiet, exacting, faithful — and word travelled, as it does in this city, from one whispered recommendation to the next.
That single forge has never gone cold. It burns still, behind the doors of our haveli, in the hands of the fourth generation.
The Generations
A century told in chapters
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1892
The First Forge
In a small workshop within the walls of Johari Bazaar, the first Kothari karigar laid down a single sheet of gold — the foundation of a house that would outlast empires.
1928
Patrons of the Court
The second generation found favour with the royal houses of Rajputana, crafting ceremonial jewels and turban ornaments for princely weddings.
1964
Reviving the Polki
As tastes shifted, the third generation quietly returned to uncut diamonds and Mughal-era settings — preserving techniques that elsewhere were vanishing.
1998
The Haveli Atelier
A century after the first forge, the family opened the haveli atelier — a private salon where each bride is received as kin.
Today
Four Generations Strong
The same hands, the same fire, the same unbroken vow — to craft jewels that carry the weight of memory.
The Lineage
The hands behind the house
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Each generation a custodian, never an owner. Each name a chapter, never a closing.
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Rai Bahadur Mohanlal Kothari
Second Generation
Court jeweller to Rajputana
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Shri Kanwarlal Kothari
Third Generation
Revivalist of Polki & Jadau
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The Atelier Today
Fourth Generation
Custodians of the legacy
Cultural Patronage
Custodians of a craft, not merely makers of it.
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The Kothari house has long given quiet patronage to the artisan guilds of Jaipur — the kundansaaz, the meenakar, the ghaatwala — believing that a craft survives only when its people are honoured.
Through royal weddings, monsoon festivals and the unhurried rhythm of Jaipur's seasons, we have stood with the karigars who keep these techniques alive.
Continue the Story
Continue the legacy with us.
Every Kothari piece is begun by appointment, in conversation, over cardamom tea — the way it has always been.