Kutch (Gujarat) Tourist Places: कच्छ नहीं देखा तो कुछ नहीं देखा । કચ્છ ન જોઇયો તો કશું નાં જોઈયો

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When ever we talk about Kutch Of Gujarat, people makes an image in their mind that it will be a fully deserted place with full of salty land and dust. Up to some extent, its true, but the East Side of Kutch has got developed well with full of all kind of facilities and specially the smooth road transportation. A huge number of Tour and Travels facilities providers are here which provides Sitting (AC/Non-AC), Sleepers (AC/Non-AC), Volvo and Semi-Sleeper type of AC Buses with full of luxury. 

So you wont find difficulty in reaching places of Gujarat.

Kutch is also one of them with large number of site seeing and beaches and Ports in its coastal area.

Lets Starts with the Entry Gate of Kutch and visiting places of this largest district which is scattered in so large area that it becomes largest district of the world and also larger than some states of India.

 
1. Wild Ass wildlife Sanctuary

• Also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India. Spread over 4954 km², it is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India. The wildlife sanctuary was established in 1972 and came under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The sanctuary is one of the last places on earth where the endangered wild ass sub-species Indian Wild Ass (Khur) belonging to Asiatic Wild Ass species Onager can be spotted. 

2. Dholavira / ધોળાવીરા:

• It is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern village 1 km (0.62 mi) south of it. This village is 165 km from Radhanpur. Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization / Harappan city. 
  
  It is one of the five largest Harappan sites and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization. It is also considered as having been the grandest of cities of its time. It is located on Khadir bet island in the Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary in the Great Rann of Kutch

3. Kandla Port/ New Kandla/ K.P.Trust:-

4. Mundra Port (Adani SEZ)

• Mundra is a census town in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Mundra Port is the largest private port in India. Mundra was well known for salt and spice trading in the past and now more for tie-dye and block-print textiles. The harbor is virtually unusable today, and only small local fishing craft navigate its silted waterways up the river.

5. Mandvi Beach:-

• The fortress of Mandvi was built by Raoshri Bharmalji in 1549^. It was eight km long, 2.7 metre broad and three metre high with five gates, three windows and seven bastions (kotha). In 1978, Mandvi municipality was handed over the fort under condition that it will preserve the fortress. Later in 1992, the municipality decided to demolish 290 metre of wall to free the land but was opposed by citizens

visitors from outside

• It has Public and Private beaches, where people can enjoy as per their choice. All seasons are beautiful at this beach. Enjoy the Camel and Horse Ride, Motor Boat and Tube swimming. 

 

 

Traditional Boat Making by Hands:

 

6.  Bhuj: District Head Quarter of Kutch District:

• Bhuj, formerly sacred to the snake Bhujang, was established by Rao Hamirji in 1510 and was made the capital of Kutch State by Rao Khengarji I in 1549. Its foundation stone as state capital was formally laid on Vikram Samvat 1604 Maagha 5th (approx. 25 January 1548). After 1590, when Rao was forced to acknowledge Mughal supremacy, Bhuj was known as Suleiman Nagar among Muslims. The walls were built by Rao Godji I in 1723, and the Bhujiya Fort by Devkaran Seth in Rao Deshalji I's time (1718 - 1741.
• Bhuj has been attacked six times. In two cases the defense was successful and in four it failed.
• In 1818, Bhuj had population of 20,000 people. The earthquake on 16 June 1819 destroyed nearly 7000 houses with a loss of 1140 human lives. About one-third of the buildings that escaped ruin were much shattered, and the north face of the town wall was leveled with the ground. Bhuj is home to one of the first Swaminarayan Sampraday temples, built in 1822. In 1837, Bhuj is said to have had a population of 30,000 souls
• On 21 July 1956^[3] as well on 26 January 2001, the city was struck by a major earthquake which caused a great loss of life and property. Many parts of Bhuj were demolished due to the extensive damage whilst others were repaired. There has been a great progress in the city since the 2001 earthquake, with considerable improvements to roads, transport & infrastructure.
•  Places to see in Bhuj are Swaminarayan Temple, Hamirsar Talaab, Fort, Crafts.
  

7. Narayan Sarovar:- 

• The temples, the chief buildings in the place, are surrounded by a fortified wall, outside of which cluster the villagers' houses. It was formerly connected with the mainland by a yellow stone causeway, about 3000 feet long and fifteen wide, built in 1863 by a Bhatia of Bombay, named Gokaldas Liladhar Padsha, at a cost of about 1,00,000 Kutch koris). Now the new causeway is built.
  

8. Great Runn Of Kutch:-

• The Great Rann of Kutch is a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert in the Kutch District of Gujarat, India and the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is about 7,505.22 square kilometres (2,897.78 sq mi) in size and is reputed to be the largest salt desert in the world.This area has been inhabited by the Kutchi people. The name "Rann" comes from the Hindi word ran (रण) meaning "desert". The Hindi word is derived from Sanskrit/Vedic word iriṇa (इरिण) attested in the Rigveda and Mahābhārata. As early as 325 BCE, Alexander the Great was aware of the area : During Runn Utsav In Winter Season.
  
  

9. Gandhidham:- 

• Soon after the separation of Pakistan from India in 1947, a large group of refugees from Sindh of Pakistan came to India. The Maharaja of Kutch His Highness Maharao Shri Vijayrajji Khengarji Jadeja, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, gave 15,000 acres (61 km²) of land to Bhai Pratap, who founded the Sindhi Resettlement Corporation to rehabilitate Sindhi Hindus uprooted from their motherland of Sindh in Pakistan

• The Sindhi Resettlement Corporation was formed with Acharaya Kriplani as chairman and Bhai Pratap Dialdas as managing director. The main objective of the corporation was to assist in the rehousing of displaced persons by the construction of a new township

10. 72 Jainalay :

•  A Jain Temple with 72 tirthankars statues and situated few kilometers before Mandvi Town, Very Clean and holly place to stay and have food in reasonable rates for all religions. 
  

11. Bhadreshwar: