Khategaon

Khategaon lies in the country north of the Narmada. The river holds the island of Mandhata, sacred to Shiva and home to the temple of Omkareshwar, one of the twelve revered jyotirlinga shrines. Across the water on the southern bank stands another Shiva temple, Mamleshwar. In the eighteenth century the Holkar rulers rebuilt Omkareshwar: the work began under Gautama Bai and was completed by her daughter-in-law Ahilyabai.