Balachadi

[1] There was a campsite for Polish refugee children of World War II, built by K. S. Digvijaysinhji, Jam Saheb Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1942, near his summer resort.

[4][8][9] The sea-shore is about three-fourths of a mile to the north of the village, and there are some rocky heights, almost the only lofty ground along the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch.

[1] On the sea-coast, about three-fourths of a mile from Balachari, is a temple of Baleshvar, specially worshiped by Rabaris and Bharvads, but also reverenced by other castes.

Accidentally his digging instrument struck the linga and blood spurted therefrom, and the mark of the blow is still visible, as is the impression of the cow's hoof.

Fairs are held at the Moksh Piplo or Salvation Pipal on the thirteenth-fourteenth and last day of the dark half of the month of Shraavana.

Many people come from Jamnagar, Hariana, Jodiya, and the surrounding villages to this fair, and booths are erected, and toys, sweets, and country cloth are sold therein.

Branches of Babul are firmly fixed in a low stone wall until a large hedged enclosure is completed some 600 or 800 yards in length.

In this enclosure very large fish are often caught, especially rays of different kinds in which this coast abounds, sharks, sawfish, swordfish, pomfret, soles, and sometimes even the dugong.