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Gujarat, India

Thān

22.574° N, 71.199° E

Thangadh (Than) is an industrial city of Surendranagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. The municipality is functioning in Than. Saurashtra was once called Patad region by snake worshipers, an example of which is the Vasuki temple in Than. In and around Thane are found temples in the form of the god of snakes. Their places of importance are Vasuki, Bandiabeli, Chandra-Lipia, Shapar etc. Vasuki Takshak was the chief of the Shesh-nag serpent dynasty. Vasuki was the ancestral god of the royal Lakhtar family of Than.

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Kandora of Savaso square mile of jhalawad is called "Panchal" and "Than" has been the center of Panchal. Although Than is an ancient place, its original name and ancient references are found only in "Skanda Puran". It referred to Than as a "place". But gradually the name of the village became known as "Than" due to the word "Sthan" in the vernacular. The places of Than, Bandia Bailey, Talsania, and Charmaliya in Jhalawad are well known in Nag puja.

Than Lakhtar was under the rule of Zala. The royal ‘Abherajji’ of Lakhtar once encamped at the seam of Thane on the way from Lakhtar to Wankaner. Than was ruled by the Madisas at that time. According to folklore, Vasuki came to King Abherajji in a dream. Then came the war between Zala's and madiyao.

From the Wikipedia article Thangadh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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