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The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control.
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According to local legend, the Chaulukya king Siddhraj Jaisimha was born in Palanpur so his mother Mayanalla Devi had ordered to build a stepwell. During the construction a Shivalinga was found so a temple was built instead of the stepwell. It is believed that it was a habitat of the serpents.