Rann of Kutch

The word Kutch or Kachchh, means tortoise in Sanskrit, and interestingly the shape of the region is rather like a tortoise. The word also means something that becomes alternately wet and dry, and it is true that the Rann of Kutch becomes submerged under water during the rains. Kutch City is the second-largest district in India after Leh.

Kutch district of Gujarat brings to mind a unique landscape with salty marshlands and no vegetation, Situated on the Gulf of Kutch, leading to the Arabian Sea, it is also known as the Rann of Kutch.