Place ID
MAHESHWAR
| Region: | Asia |
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| Country: | India |
| City: | Maheshwar |
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Maheshwar is a town in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. It is located 13 km east of National Highway 3 (Agra-Mumbai highway) and 91 km from Indore, the commercial capital of the state. The town lies on the north bank of the Narmada River
Maheshwar town is built on the site of the ancient city of Mahesvari, and was the capital of king Kartavirya Arjuna, who is mentioned in the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Maheshwar was known as Mahissati (Mahishamati in Sanskrit) in ancient times and was the capital of Southern Avanti.
In the late eighteenth century, Maheshwar served as the capital of Rajmata Ahilya Devi Holkar, ruler of the state of Indore. She embellished the city with many buildings and public works, and it is home to her palace, as well as numerous temples, a fort, and riverfront ghats (broad stone steps which step down to the river).
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www.indiasite.com/madhyaprades
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Submitted by: tarang jain
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DEVI AHILYA, FORT, MAHESHWAR
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Date: 11 Feb 2003
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this is an awesome place.. have been there so many times. check out in the month of may, when the river is not in its full bloom and the fort appears red... result of the heat. the magic is when u visit the same place in rainy season... the river i
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