Experience
Kutch at its colorful and exotic best during the rann
utsav this December from 1st to 3rd. This annually organized
festival offers an opportunity For visitors to attend
folk dance and music concepts, to watch artisans at
work, to Shop directly from NGO’s craftspeople
and village co-operatives, to see the great Historical
monuments in the state, and to visit places off the
usual tourist trail.
During the festival, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat
ltd. Arranges tours with Transport, accommodations,
food and guided sightseeing. Do not miss this chance
of a lifetime to visit one of India’s most colorful
regions.
The cool winter breeze and soothing rays of full-moon
night will welcome about 8,000 tourists in the Great
Rann of Kutch for the three-day long 15th Rann Mahotsav,
starting tomorrow.
Many high profile dignitaries,
including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will
enjoy cultural programmes, to be performed in the midst
of the White Salt Desert spread over miles.
Gujarat State Tourism
Nigam Limited (GSTNL) Chairman Kamlesh Patel told mediapersons
here today that on the first day of the festival tomorrow,
the first event-the grand Kutch Carnival will be held
on the banks of the historical Hamisar Lake in Bhuj.
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Nearly
32 cultural troupes from various districts of Gujarat
will participate in the Dance and Musical Carnival,
Mr Patel said, adding that about 1,50,000 people from
Bhuj and Kutch are expected to enjoy the carnival.
A grand Tent City of
400 tents, consisting of both air- conditioned and non-air-conditioned
tents, have been set up on the outskirt of bordering
village of Dhorado in the Rann, all of which have been
booked, said GSTNL Managing Director P D Vaghela.
The tourists would be
taken on entourage of Khara Dunger (Salty Hill), located
on outskirts of Rann, popular handi-craft village 'Ludia'
and eco-friendly Hodko village by the GSTNL.
On the third day, the
tourists will be taken on five optional sight-seeing
tours. These tours would include visit to Mata na Madh,
Narayan Sarovar, famous bird sanctury of Chhari Dhangh,
a thousand-year-old Kera Shiv Temple, archeological
site of Dhola Veera and others. |
