Rann of Kutch: The Rann of Kutch is a salt marshy area located in the Thar Desert in the Kachchh district in western Gujarat. It is located in between Gujarat located in India as well as Pakistan. Sindh province of Pakistan. It is comprised of about 30000 sq. km of land, which comprises The Great Rann of Kachchh, The Little Rann of Kachchh and Banni grassland.
It is Rann in Kutch is well-known for its white desert sand. It is also believed to be the biggest salt desert anywhere in the world.’Rann is a word that refers to deserts in Hindi which is an abbreviation of”The” Sanskrit words ‘Irina’, which also is a reference to desert. The people of Kachchh are referred to as Kachchhi and speak a dialect that is their own, with the identical name. Most of the population in the Rann of Kachchh comprises Hindus, Muslims, Jains and Sikhs.
The north in the town of Khavda, Kalo Dungar (Black Hill) is Kutch’s highest point (462 meters) and offers stunning panoramas of Kutch’s Great Rann salt flat (or the inland sea, if you’re in town in the month of monsoon). The hill is also known for the 400-year-old temple that is dedicated to the Lord Dattatreya. It is possible to walk up to the top of the hill and gaze at the expansive, sloping landscape, which changes color with the passing of time and the sun sets in the shadow of mountains.
