Mandleshwar

Mandleshwar stands on the Narmada, a sacred river lined here with temples and ghats. Tradition places the philosopher Mandana Mishra in the town and tells of his debate with Shankaracharya at the Gupteshwar Mahadev temple. Nearby Maheshwar was the capital of the Holkar rulers in the late eighteenth century. In 1819 Mandleshwar became the headquarters of the British Nimar Agency, and in 1823 the seat of the Nimar district.