Each region in India has a place of pilgrimage and text narrating, the greatness of that particular place and the God or Goddess of that particular region called Mahatmya. The Dankapuramahatmya is one such mahatmya text, which extols the Bhagavan Dakornath or Hindu God Vishnu worshipped at Dakor temple, located at the place, Dakor, in Gujarat, India. The date and author of Dankapuramahatmya is not known. It is said that Avadhuta Maharaja of Nareshvara in Gujarat is believed to have composed on Dakoramahatmya. Some scholars ascribe the text to in and around 1773 CE. The Puranas are the texts of great social, religious, mythological, cultural, historical and geographical importance. Besides the eighteen great Puranas, there are numerous minor Puranas, known as Upapuranas. There are also some Jnatipuranas, Sthala Puranas and Mahatyma texts. The Mahatmyas can be of two types – Relating of a particular deity (example – Malhari Mahatmya, Devi Mahatmya, Vasudev Mahatmya) and relating to e