Lakhpat

Lakhpat sits at Gujarat's westernmost edge near the Pakistan border, a town whose name once reflected genuine prosperity ("Lakhpat" suggesting wealth) as a significant trading port, before a 19th-century earthquake diverted the Indus River and severed the town's water supply, precipitating a decline that's left Lakhpat a genuinely atmospheric, largely abandoned settlement within its still-standing fortification walls. A historic gurdwara associated with Guru Nanak and a significant tomb complex add religious and historical layers to the town's haunting emptiness. Lakhpat suits travelers wanting a genuinely atmospheric ghost-town experience — walking within the walled town's largely empty streets, visiting the gurdwara and tomb complex, and taking in views over the Rann from the fortification walls reward those willing to make the journey to Gujarat's remote western edge.