Maheshwar the Divine city.

9th April, 2017

6:20 am: I was up, and guess what the sun was up too. There is little to no obstruction in the Malwa Plateau for the natural elements.

7:30 am: We were all washed, dried and ignited at 1000°C to obtain pure alumina. Wait!!! What??

We washed, dried ourselves and were ready to leave. The water couldn't have been anymore hard, it must have been super-saturated with god knows what.

7:45 am: We left our room after two of us faced the usual belating factors (not me!). We enquired about the breakfast. The receptionist said, "We are serving in the respective rooms, you have to wait for some minutes for breakfast. So instead we had a walk. The hotel which was 30-50m off the Highway, the gate was situated immediately on the side of the highway and it was a long walk till the reception.

8:10 am: We were eating breakfast, a rather hefty one, comprised of 2 (giant) aloo Parathas and a small bowl of dahi. It was quite exhausting to finish it!

9:30 am: Having finished all the tasks that have to be completed in the morning, we finally left the hotel, sat in our car and returned to Mahakaleshwar temple complex. Why?... Because we wanted to find the dealer of Batik (what is that) print bed sheets and other women's clothing. Having spent some (a lot) time there, we were off to Maheshwar.

1:30 pm: We arrived at the hotel Narmada Retreat. The hotel is superb. Perched on the north bank of the R. Narmada, like the whole town of Maheshwar, it is a very calm and serene place, replete with nice gardens, huge trees, cozy cottages and even a small pool.

2:30 pm: We completed our lunch, went to our dainty room and slept (Zzzzzzzz Power Nap zzzzzzzZ).

4:20 pm: We woke up rather unwillingly and proceeded to the car. We went to the Ahilya Fort. Now that fort is a sight to behold. The fort isn't actually a military fort, instead it is a भुईकोट fort (meant for residence). On entering, there is a small temple (actually a Chatri) which was closed at the time of our visit. Right opposite to it is a bigger temple, as big as 3 floors. And like most of the temples in MP it is Shiva temple. Between the two temples is the entrance to the sprawling Maheshwar ghat. There is a temple right at the centre of the R. Narmada, which is accessible by boat.

7:00 pm: Having finished seeing the fort as well as Devi Ahilyabai Holkar’s humble abode, we entered a shop of the famous Maheswari silk sarees. I will refrain from commenting on the shopping (it is dangerous to do so).

8:45 pm: Having arrived at the hotel, we ate and slept a good night’s sleep with dreams and all.

The end