The document summarizes a trip to the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India. It describes the Rann of Kutch as a seasonal salt marsh located between the Great Rann and Little Rann. During the winter months from November to February, when the marsh is dry, it is possible to enjoy festivals, wildlife spotting, and attractions like the Aina Mahal palace and Dattatreya Temple. Activities include camel safaris, local handicraft shopping, and enjoying the unique Kutchi cuisine. A trip to the Rann of Kutch offers a chance to experience the strange scenic beauty of the seasonal salt flats.

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Gujarat is one of fabulous tourist destinations; it has so much to see. If you are planning to
visit Gujarat in between November to February then your visit to Rann of Kutch , this is the
best time to visit, you will enjoy it a lot with grand festivals and great hospitality. You will be
feeling overwhelmed by the hospitality, after all you are in Gujarat, Guajarati s hospitality is so
famous.
It is surrounded by the sea water. Ancient temples, attractive palaces, rugged forts, flamingos,
wild asses – these all you will have in Kutch. It is mostly covered by shallow wetland with
marshy salt flats that look like an endless mass snow spread as far as your eyes can see. It is
divided into two distinct parts Great Rann of Kutch and Little Rann of Kutch .
The Great Rann of Kutch has an area about 7,505.22 square kilometres, and it is world s
largest salt deserts. It is a seasonal salt marsh located in Kutch of Gujarat. Little Rann of
Kutch occupies 4,953 sq km and is spread out in the districts of Surendranagar, Banasakantha,
Patan, Kutch and Rajkot. This is the place where you will enjoy a different kind of festivals. It
may be your first time, but after the first time you will wish to come here every year to join this
festival.
You will see a strange light on a dark night as bright as mercury, no one knows from where it
comes, but it occurs on a dark night.

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4. It changes colours to blue, red, yellow looking like a moving ball of fire. Local villagers called
it Chir Batti in their local kutchi – Sindhi language Chir – ghost, Battti – light that means a
ghost light . It reports on the Banni grasslands which is seasonal salt marsh wetlands and
adjoining desert of the marshy flats of Rann near India – Pakistan border.
If you are coming to enjoy the Rann Utsav then you can stay in luxury tents, where you will
find comfort like a hotel. The first place to visit is Dhordo , where first time visitors are
startled by the beauty of White Rann , the last village in Bhuj . Every year the village hosts
the migratory birds from the far corner of the world. This is a heaven for bird watchers. Camel
Safaris, Local art and handicraft bazaar, a spa, meditation and yoga centre, live music concerts
and folk dance shows and evenings, are the main activities that keep the guests enthralled and
actively engaged with the Kutch heritage. You can do shopping from here silver artefacts, and
jewellery, silver craft work, seashell toys, wooden carved and beautiful decorations exclusive
designs.
Next is Aina Mahal built in the 18th century by Rao Lakhpatji in Bhuj . It was damaged in
the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, but its one portion is remained safe and restore as a museum
which houses to displaying the bed room, music room, court room and other old pieces of arts,
paintings, arms, palanquin etc. it was constructed with marble walls embellished with gold
lace in the glass. It has a beautiful architecture with fully made of glass.
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6. Kala Dungar is the highest point in Kutch, and around 95 km from Bhuj. Sunset point offers
a breathtaking view of Rann from here. If you are feeling energetic you can climb the dunes to
the summit of your choosing, where the view along the sand ridge opens up for excellent
photographic opportunities. There is a famous temple named Dattatreya Temple . It has
very famous folklore attached with it, when Lord Dattatreya walked on the earth; he saw the
band of jackals that were trying to get the food, Dattatreya offered his body to feast on. Then
his body regenerated and fed the jackals daily. From the four centuries, till now the temple
provides food for jackals.
There are lots of things to do like camel safari, horse riding, kite flying, and local handicraft
and lots of places to visit like Swaminarayan Temple, Mandvi Beach, and Shyamji Krishna
Varma Memorial. You must take the local kutchi – cuisine with is different from the
traditional Gujarati cuisine.
Gujarat is having lots more what you can t express. Rann Utsav spreads is colours of joy,
tradition, and heritage. So the Gujarat s tourism tag line is Kuch din to guzaro Gujarat me is
absolutely true, you will fond of beauty Rann. A trip of Rann of Kutch is glorious and some
kind of strange scenic beauty.
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