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Lakhpat

Lakhpat

Lakhpat is located northwest of Bhuj at a distance of 170 km. This place can only be reached by road. Earlier Lakhpat was a prosperous port which yield one lac koris, hence it was known as Lakhpat. (Lac means 1 lakh and kori was a Kutch monetary unit). Since after the Indus river changed its course, the port dried up. Now, this place is only a barren plain of limestone rock. Almost 50 years ago, the town was home to hundreds of families involved in fishing and manual labour but now it is an abandoned town.

The tomb is made of black stone, with four arched doors and its outer walls are decorated with floral motifs. The inside walls are engraved with passages from the holy Koran. It also has a Gurudwara (a Sikh place of worship) and a number of temples. It is not only the architecture but the stark loneliness and a vast view of deserted, crumbling houses which make Lakhpat a rare spectacle.