Category: History

The city of Thane is situated on the western banks of Thane creek with Parsik Hills on the east and Yeour hills on the west. The creek not only provides natural protection to the place but has also facilitated the transport of big and small ships since ancient times. This has also acted as an […]

  Photo by: @raj.rane The city of lakes, Thane alias Thana is the headquarter of Thane district located in the north-west side of Maharashtra.  It city was originally known as ‘Sristhanaka’ named after Lord Ganpati as the word means the residence of Lord Ganesh. It was an important Portuguese trading center until the Marathas captured […]