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 The Land: Other Attractions
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Kutch Utsav /
Shivaratri Festival: The Kutch Utsav is quite
famous because of its folk dances, live music and markets.
Enthralling opportunities are
offered to visit the surrounding areas-even to the interiors
of Kutch to give visitors a glimpse of the simple lifestyle of
the tribals there.
The last day of the fair coincides with the Shivaratri
festival, for which a grand fair is organized at Dhang.
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Here local people, dressed in colorful,
traditional costumes, congregate to pay homage at the shrine
to Mekan Dada, which incidentally, or rather curiously, has a
Shivalinga on its premises.
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Aaina Mahal:
Presenting a fascinating amalgam of Indian and Dutch
styles of architecture, the Aaina Mahal is definitely
worth a visit. The walls of the main hall are covered with
mirrors all around, and except for a narrow strip used for
walking, the entire space has been beautifully utilized to
form a pleasure pool.
Fountains are placed in such a manner
that they cast their spray in an intricate variety of
patterns. The Aaina Mahal also contains exquisite
specimens of intricately cared embroidered panels,
lithographs, cutlass, 18th-century paintings and clocks,
one even dating back to 1849. |
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Kutch Museum:
The oldest in Gujarat and regarded as one of the best,
this museum has an excellent collection. Founded in 1877
by Sir James Ferguson, who was Governor of Bombay under
the British Raj, the museum was earlier referred to as the
Ferguson Museum. The museum broadly contains, a picture
gallery, an anthropological section, an archeological
section, textiles, weapons, musical instruments, a
shipping section, and even stuffed animals. |
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