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Temple timing and a taxi to Kutch

How aarti, gate closure and queue time should shape a Madhuli cab from Somnath to Kutch.

Temple time is not road time. Kutch is the far edge of a Somnath booking: Bhuj, the white Rann and Mandvi need nights, not a single sitting. People remember the aarti and forget the walk from the car park to the gate.

For Kutch, start from the moment you need to be present, then work backward by about 9 hours to Bhuj. Do not promise the desert and Mandvi on the same arrival evening.

Rann entry timings change with the season. Send the dates before the route is locked.

Madhuli’s enquiry asks for a pickup time. Use the time the car should be at the hotel, not the time of the aarti itself. The driver still needs the lane, the bags and a headcount.

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