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09/04/2017 Ujjain to Maheshwar
Distance from Ujjain to Maheshwar is about 150 - 160 km. En-route to Maheshwar, some 50 km from Ujjain we pass through and around well planned city of Indore. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar had been ruler of this Sansthan in 18th century. She had a major role in making Indore a trade hub of central India.
The outer ring road called Kushabhau Thakarey Road
of Indore keeps you out of the city traffic. A few km ahead you hit NH 3,
Mumbai Agra Highway after a restaurant called Terminal 10. A real Boeing 737 houses this restaurant! For Maheshwar you have turn right at
this junction and travel towards Mumbai. The Indore Bypass of the highway is on
East - South East side of city of Indore. Rau Chawk is the place where you hit
the main highway after Indore bypass. This is near Rau Railway Station. Shreemant Thorele Bajirao Peshve was called as Rau by his near and dear ones!
Yet another site where a Maharashtriya warrier has found place in MP. Some 11
12 km ahead on the highway, there is BPCL petrol Station, if you need to tank
up.
Next town is Manpur with thick habitat on either side of the road. So drive carefully through the
local traffic of bikes and trucks. Further Chittorgadh - Bhusawal highway
merges at this place with NH3. Some 2 3 km ahead of this junction,you pass
through Manpur Ghat. The downhill road has speed breakers every 200 m. Seems
till a few years ago this ghat was even steeper and all heavy vehicles had
trouble climbing up. There are no major turns in this ghat road and the road is
through a “Pass”.
The exit for Maheshwar is on your left, some 13 km after the Manpur Ghat ends. There are couple of dhabas or road side restaurants just before the exit Take another left at a place called Dhamnod, and you hit the road to Maheshwar. The road to Narmada Retreat, (narmadaretreatmaheshwar.weebly.com) where we stayed, is some 13 km from Dhamnod. There is a sign board directing towards there. It is a concrete road so driving here in monsoon may not be difficult.
Narmada Retreat is a cottage type hotel with rooms spread over a large plot of land. It has nice stepped landscape garden and a small swimming pool.
Food quality is nice but choices are limited. They serve morning tea, coffee in the room but you have to go to the restaurant for breakfast and meals. There is a small terrace where you can have your meals looking at the serene river Narmada. Having morning breakfast here on this terrace is a great experience.
Manpur Ghat |
The exit for Maheshwar is on your left, some 13 km after the Manpur Ghat ends. There are couple of dhabas or road side restaurants just before the exit Take another left at a place called Dhamnod, and you hit the road to Maheshwar. The road to Narmada Retreat, (narmadaretreatmaheshwar.weebly.com) where we stayed, is some 13 km from Dhamnod. There is a sign board directing towards there. It is a concrete road so driving here in monsoon may not be difficult.
Narmada Retreat is a cottage type hotel with rooms spread over a large plot of land. It has nice stepped landscape garden and a small swimming pool.
Hut type cottage |
Bharadwaj i.e. Greater Coucal bird in the garden |
Food quality is nice but choices are limited. They serve morning tea, coffee in the room but you have to go to the restaurant for breakfast and meals. There is a small terrace where you can have your meals looking at the serene river Narmada. Having morning breakfast here on this terrace is a great experience.
View of restaurant at Narmada Retreat from terrace |
Steps leading to river Narmada from Narmada Retreat seen from the river |
The fort and Shivalay were rejuvenated by Devi Ahilyabai Holkar in 18th century.
Shivalay at Maheshwar |
Steps to get down to river seen from river |
Steps to get down to river seen from river |
Steps to get down to river seen from river |
Statue of Devi Ahilyabai |
There is one more Shivalay right in the middle of the river Narmada. You can hire a boat for going upto
there. The charges of these boat rides are really reasonable. It costed us INR
200 for three. We had been there just before sunset and thus could captured this image of golden Sun light reflecting from the Shivalay!
Shivalay in the middle of river Narmada as seen from river bank |
Shivalay at centre of rive Narmada accessible from boat |
There are many shops of MaheshwarSpecial Silk Sarees which have nice variety at a reasonable price.
The next day we checked out to travel to Mandavgad.
The next day we checked out to travel to Mandavgad.
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