Mandleshwar

Mandleshwar is a town and nagar panchayat in the Khargone district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is on the Narmada River, east of Maheshwar and south of Indore.HistoryMandleshwar is from Maheshwar, capital of the Holkar states.The eighth-century philosopher Maṇḍana Miśra reportedly lived in the town and debated with Aadya Guru Shankarachaarya at the Gupteshwar Mahadev Temple.The British Raj is memorialized in the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, PWD office, the district jail fort, and the ghat. Mandleshwar was the headquarters for the Nimar Agency and cantonment from 1819 to 1864. In 1823, it became the headquarters for the District of Nimar (which, until 1864, was managed by the agent of the governor-general at Indore.The Narmada is a holy river, and Mandleshwar has tanks, temples and ghats. Hindu temples here include Shree Gupteshwar Mahadev Mandir, Chhappan-Dev, Shree Ram Temple, Shree Datta Temple, Ganga-Zira, and Kaashi Vishweshwar Temple. Dhawal-kunda and Hathani (islands), Sahastradhara, and Ram kund are other places of historical significance. A flight of 123 steps leads down to the river and expands into the Ram Ghat, where the Ram, Hanuman, Dattatraya and Ratneshwar Temples are located. Ghat is located is at a narrow point of the Narmada River where, during the monsoon, the river often rises above its normal level, hence those many steps.