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How exactly was this tap fountain designed? Travelling through a Kutch village in Gujarat one can see dry grasslands, a temple atop a hill, and surprise of surprises - a giant magic tap fountain in the middle of a crowded Gujarat town. Kutch is a district of Gujarat state in western India. Covering an area of 45,652 km², it is the largest district of India. Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry; a large part of this district is known as Rann of Kutch which is shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons. The same word is also used in the languages of Sanskrit origin for a tortoise. The Rann is famous for its marshy salt flats which become snow white after the shallow water dries up each season befor
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