With hot winds blowing over the sand dunes, a world of colors bright and vibrant opens for us at the Rann Utsav, White Desert Festival in India Gujarat. A weekend at the Rann of Kutch is a truly sultry dream come true with family & Friends…with the vast expanse of the white desert sand, a folk festival to indulge in and a cuisine to die for deliciousness. What more could you ask for a holiday?

Rann of Kutch

Rann Utsav, White Desert Carnival is an annual festival held at the white  Rann of Kutch located in the state of Gujarat India. A celebration of culture, heritage and the beckoning white sand, this three-month long festival happens from November to February. The explosion of colors and hues that await the traveler at this festival can only be experienced and those who have savored it surely comes back again and again.

The Rann of Kutch is a geographical wonder situated in the heart of the Thar Desert in Gujarat that borders the Sind province of Pakistan. ‘Rann’ is derived from Hindi word that means ‘desert’. Kutch means something that is both interminably wet and dry which is rather true to its name because large areas here is a shallow wetland that is submerged in water during the summer and monsoon seasons. The Rann is famous for its marshy salt flatland that becomes white sand when the shallow water dries right before the monsoon rains.

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This haven of white sand is as picture perfect as one can imagine it to be. The beautiful expanse of this unending desert land is an experience to savor, especially on a full moon night. Rann utsav

The white sands and the full moon certainly makes up the stuff that romance is made of and Rann of Kutch is one place where it becomes a breathtaking experience. Chir Bhatti is yet another phenomenon that the Rann is famous for. Chir Bhatti in the local Kutchi- Sindhi language means ‘Ghost light’. It is an unexplained phenomenon that people in the area have been noticing for centuries at length. According to many, the colorful lights appear on a dark night and they move through the sky in a pear-shaped form. The lights move as fast as an arrow and sometimes they slow down, playing hide and seek with many who watch for it. Rann utsav kutch .

If you can get your eyes away from the beauty of these desert lands and ghost lights then you would also note that Kutch is a place that is well known for its arts and craftsmanship. Exquisitely original, Kutch has much and more to offer its visitors – colorful weaving, delicate patchwork, popular block printing, enticing bandini silks, tie-and-die, rogan art, ethnic embroidery, metal craft, shell craft… the list is endless. In other words, it is a paradise for shopaholics!

The terrain of Rann is enchantingly white and makes a great background to showcase arts and crafts that literally explode with color.

The Rann Utsav festival has been beckoning foreigners, desert lovers and travelers in India since 2006 since our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi (the then Chief Minister of Gujarat) conceived and visualized this endless festival as a sublime treat for all senses. His efforts paid forth, as today Rann Utsav package is one of the most anticipated annual events in Gujarat that beckons thousands of people from all over the world.

Rann Utsav, White Desert Festival – What to Expect?

Imagine this… picturesque pure white sand, cool desert winds, a full moon night and a carnival of colors, aroma of spice, lithe dancers, and lumbering camels.

Does it sound too good to be true?

Well, that’s what you will get when you sign up for a Rann Utsav kutch  White Desert Carnival holiday. Rann utsav Package

A celebration of colors Rann Utsav that showcases the best of Indian culture and Gujarat’s legendary hospitality and appetite for life.

A Tent in the Desert

This may sound like Arabian Nights but let us assure you that it is, albeit with a lot more color, music, and grace. During the Rann Utsav, tent cities spring in Bhuj and Dhordo where one can hire tents ranging from economy to AC and enjoy the best that

Rann Utsav  kutch offers.

Travelers swear by all things holy that nothing in this world can surpass the delights of having a tented holiday in the middle of the desert. Since the festival is held during the winter months, the weather is excellent for sightseeing and to spend a relaxing afternoon in the tent dreaming of desert beauties. One can also hire Swiss AC tents complete with water heaters and air conditioning to enhance their holiday experience. If a tent is certainly not your thing, then no worries, there are umpteen hotels at Dhordo and Bhuj ranging from luxury Heritage, to budget where you will find accommodation. Rann utsav package.

Splendid Cuisine

The cuisine is certainly a part of any festival and one can’t go to Rann Utsav and not taste the awesome spread of street food that is served here. The Kutchi cuisine is definitely not the run-of-the-mill sweet Gujarati cuisine that is found everywhere else in this state. In the Rann utsav Kutch, the sweet is minimal and so is the oil (which makes this very healthy) and often eaten along with garden fresh green chilies. Jowar and Bajra are the staple diets in these villages and when eaten along with garlic chutney, osaman chutti khichdi and buttermilk, one will have the real taste of kutch to last a lifetime.

If you have just stepped out of your tent to sample some of the street food here then, fresh green channa roasted along with its pods is just the right starter to open your innings. Vada Pav might be a Maharashtrian street food but at Kutch, it is liberally dunked in butter and garlic chutney and served along with mini chili pakoras. Dabeli is a spicy popular street food in Kutch that comes in different mouthwatering flavors is a definite must have here. The explosion of taste that one experiences in this cuisine is a unique prospect that is sure to lure you back again and again. Rann utsav package.

Sightseeing

1. Kalo Dungar
2. Bhuj
3. Vijay vilas
4. white rann of Kutch
5. traditional villages
6. dholavira

Shopping

ART & HANDICRAFTS on leather things, mirror work on cloths, block printings & many mores.