"Dada Mekan" Fair
(at "dhrang", 30 kms. far from bhuj)
On very holy festival of lord "shiva","mahashivratri", this fare is celebrated for remembrance of the great saint "dada mekan". He has spent his whole life in desert to help any one lost in the great rann of kutch, with the help of their great partners a dog and a donkey. Gujarat tourism organizes the "kutch festival" during this fare. This fare is also famous its glory of rural tradition and "malakhdo (wrestling)" and "renkda dod (cart racing)".

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