Amrapar is a village in
Kutch district,
Gujarat, India.
Fair
Every year a fair is organised in honour of Kara Kasim, an Amir of
Mahmud of Ghazni
Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...
, who, traveling in western India, early in the fourteenth century, was killed by the Samma Rajputs then reigning in
Cutch State. The fair, beginning on the first Monday of Chaitra Vad (April -May) and lasting five days, is under the supervision of Pir Shah Murad of
Mundra
Mundra is a census town and a headquarter of Mundra Taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Founded in about the 1640s, the town was an important mercantile centre and port throughout its history. Mundra Port is the largest pr ...
. People offers cash, cocoanuts, cloth, goats, sheep, sweetmeats, and dates to his tomb during the fair.
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Villages in Kutch district