Satana is a town and a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

[1] The name "Satana" is derived from "Śāṭyāyani" one of the minor Upanishads of the Muktika canon.

A yatra is held in Margsheesh every year on the occasion of Yashwantrao Maharaj's birth anniversary in Satana.

It is said by old people that in 1870, Yashwantrao Maharaj was given the title of "Mamledar", a Government official of Satana.

After that there was a severe drought in Satana city in 1800, the residents had no food and drink facilities.