Rann of Kutch – Salt Desert of India ! कच्छ का रण
Rann of Kutch – A salt marshes lies mostly in the Kutch district of Gujarat and divided into the Great Rann and Little Rann of Kutch.
The Luni flowed into the Rann of Kutch and the area remains dry for most of the year but during the highly seasonal rainfall, Rann of Kutch is the only flooded grasslands in India.
Kutch District
Kutch district of Gujarat is the largest district in India by area and larger than the entire area of state like Kerala.
The district of Kutch is the only remaining home to the Kutchi people who speak the very old Kutchi language.
Bhuj City
Bhuj is the city and headquarters of Kutch district which was was ruled by the Nagas.
The city of Bhuj is home to one of the first Swaminarayan Sampraday temples in India and also famous for Bhujia Hill or Bhujiyo Dungar, Bhujang Temple, and
Smritivan memorial park and museum dedicated to victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake.
Madhapar Village
Madhapar village near the Bhuj city in Kachchh district is the richest village in Asia with bank deposits.
The village has earned a special name in India for the bank deposits worth over 7000 crores INR.
Kutchi People
The Kutchi people traditionally hail from the Kutch district of Gujarat and Great Rann of Kutch is known to inhabited by the Kutchi people. Typical Kachchhi people known by the unique costumes and mirror work with embroidery.
Swaminarayan Temple
The first Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at Bhuj was constructed by Swaminarayan ji and dedicated to Nar-Narayan Dev.
New Swaminarayan temple is build with only marble and gold, One of the most expensive temple in Gujarat.
Kalo Dungar/ Black Hill
Kalo Dungar or Black Hill is the highest point in Kutch and also has a 400-year-old Dattatreya temple.
The Black Hill also is a hill road with optical illusion of a gravity hill like the Magnetic Hill in Ladakh.
Great Rann of Kutch
Great Rann of Kutch is a salt marsh in the Thar Desert of Gujarat and be one of the largest salt deserts in the world.
Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the Great Rann of Kutch and is the largest Wildlife Sanctuary in India regarding its size.
Kutch Rann Utsav
Rann Utsav of Kutch is celebrated every year by Gujarat Tourism and also called as the White Desert Festival, located in the Great Rann of Kutch in the heart of the Thar Desert of Gujarat.
Little Rann of Kutch ! LRK
Little Rann of Kutch or LRK is heaven for bird watchers in India, The sanctuary is home to many species of migratory birds including flamingoes, pelican,sarus crane, species of ducks and land birds like the sandgrouse, francolin and the raptors like Peregrine falcon and Saker falcons.
Banni Grasslands
Banni grasslands and ecosystem in the desert of salt flats of Rann of Kutch is spread across an area of 3,847 square kilometres.
This belt of arid grassland known for rich wildlife and biodiversity also a possible reintroduction site for he Cheetah in India.
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is spread over an area of 4954 km² and only home to the endangered Indian wild ass or Indian onager also known as khur or godhkhur in the Gujarati language.
The Rann of Kutch is a sealine desert and habitat for many endemic species of animals and migratory birds.
Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary
थार मरुस्थल – Thar Desert lies mostly in in the Indian state of Rajasthan and extends to border states and meet the Rann of Kutch – White Desert of Gujarat.
