The village Jakhau (in Gujarat, western India) and port are named after the legendary Jakh Botera who were shipwrecked on the Kutch coast, came ashore at Jakhau, and whose origins are obscure.
Jakhau (Ja-kha-oo, pronounced as Ja-kho by locals) is a village in Gujarat, western India. The village and port are named after the legendary Jakh Botera who were shipwrecked on the Kutch coast and came ashore at Jakhau. Their origins are obscure-but one school of thought is that they were of zerthotrians iraani or parsi origins and good at horsemenship, medicine and archery. 
