Lord Hatkeshwar is the ishtadeva of all the six sects/ factions of Nagars. It is believed that Lord Hatkeshwar was incarnated in Vadnagar, some time in the third century A.D. The earliest reference to Vadnagar as Anandpur is available in a copper-plate inscription dated 541 A.D of Vallabhi Samvat 221. Skand Puran contains description of the importance of Hatkeshwar kshetra. The area around Anartpur (which is the modern day Vadnagar), as described in Skand Puran is the Hatkeshwar Kshetra. The Hatkeshwar kshetra is said to be situated in the south-west of Mount Abu covering an area of five Kosas.
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