Varanasi of Central India
Maheshwar, omwe nthawi zambiri amatchedwa Varanasi a pakati pa India, ndi tauni yaing'ono yopatulira kwa Ambuye Shiva. Atafika m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Narmada ku Madhya Pradesh, akuti Shiva yekha amapembedzedwa kumene Narmada ikuyenda, popeza ndi Mulungu yekhayo ndi mtendere wa mumtima kuti amugwetsere.
Malinga ndi Mahabharata ndi Ramayana (malemba achihindu) pansi pa dzina lake lakale, Mahishmati, Maheshwar amadziwika chifukwa cha uzimu wake.
Icho chimatengera oyendayenda awiri ndi amuna oyera achihindu ku akachisi ake akale ndi ghats .
Maheshwar adatsitsimutsidwa ndi Mfumukazi Ahilyabai Holkar, wa banja la Holkar ku Maharashtra, amene analamulira kuchokera mu 1767 mpaka 1795 ndipo anasamukira likulu lija. Mndandanda wa chikhalidwe cha mafumu akuwoneka kulikonse mu tawuni. Anthu a m'banja la Holkar akukhalabe komweko, ndipo adatsegula mbali ya Ahilya Fort ndi nyumba yachifumu monga hotela yapamwamba.
Kufika Kumeneko
Maheshwar ili pafupi ndi maola awiri kum'mwera kwa Indore, m'misewu yomwe yakhala ikukulirakulira ndipo ili bwino kwambiri. Kuti ufike ku Indore, ukhoza kutenga ndege kapena ndege ya Indian Railways , kenako gwiritsani galimoto ndi dalaivala kuchokera kumeneko. Mwinanso, ndizotheka kukwera basi kuchokera ku Indore kupita ku Maheshwar.
Nthawi Yowendera
November mpaka February ndi nthawi yabwino yochezera pamene nyengo ndi yozizira kwambiri. Zimayamba kutentha kwambiri kumapeto kwa March, nyengo ya chilimwe isanayambe nthawi ya April ndi May, kenako ikutsatiridwa.
Zoyenera kuchita
Maheshwar adathamanga m'tawuni ya Ahilya Fort ya m'ma 1600, yomangidwa ndi Emperor Akbar, akulamulira mzindawu. Mu ulamuliro wake, Ahilyabai Holkar anawonjezera nyumba yachifumu ndi akachisi ambiri. Mbali ya izo tsopano ndi bwalo la anthu lomwe limapereka malingaliro apamwamba pa mtsinje ndi ghats. Kuwonjezera pa malo otetezeka, makilomita a m'mbali mwa mtsinjewu ndizochititsa chidwi kwambiri.
Khalani ndi nthawi yowafufuza, ndikusangalala ndi moyo pa ghats.
Ngati mukufuna kugula, sungani ndalama pa splurge pa Maheshwari saris wotchuka komanso zinthu zina zapakhomo. Cholowa cha banja la Holkar, chophimba chophwanyika ichi chathandizira kuyika chigawochi pamapu a padziko lonse. Banja lidayambitsa bungwe la Rehwa, limakhala m'nyumba yomangidwa ndi nsanja, yomwe imathandizira anthu ogwira ntchito kumalonda awo phindu. N'zotheka kukachezera owomba nsalu ndikuwawona akugwira ntchito kumeneko.
Zikondwerero ku Maheshwar
Tsiku la kubadwa kwa Ahilyabai limakondweredwa mu Meyi chaka chilichonse, ndi ulendo wa palanquin kudutsa m'tawuniyi. Zikondwerero zikuluzikulu zikuluzikulu zachipembedzo pali Maha Shivratri (usiku waukulu wa Shiva), ndi chikondwerero cha Muslim cha Muharram (mwezi woyera woyamba mu kalendala ya Islam) yomwe ikukhala ndi maulendo omwe amayendetsedwa m'madzi. Pa Maha Shivratri, akazi ambirimbiri ochokera kumudzi wapafupi amatha usiku wonse pa ghats, akuvina ndi kuimba, asanasambe mumtsinje ndikupembedza mazenera ambirimbiri . Nimar Utsav amachitika kuzungulira Kartik Purnima chaka chilichonse ndipo amakhala ndi masiku atatu a nyimbo, kuvina, masewero ndi boti. Chikondwerero cha Chaka chilichonse cha Mtsinje wa Sacred, chomwe chili ndi nyimbo zoyimba nyimbo, chimachitikira ku Ahilya Fort mwezi uliwonse wa February.
Ndipo, Lamlungu lirilonse pamaso pa Makar Sankranti , Swaadhyaaya Bhavan Ashram ali ndi phwando la galeta (Mahaamrityunjaya Rath Yatra) ku Maheshwar.
Kumene Mungakakhale
Zosankha zokhala ku Maheshwar ndizochepa. Ngati simukumbukira kubweza ndalama zambiri, ndizotheka kukhala mlendo wa banja la Holkar pa hotelo yawo ya Ahilya Fort, yomwe yakhazikitsidwa mbali ina yachifumu. Pali zipinda khumi ndi ziwiri zokhala alendo, kuphatikizapo Maharaja Tent ndi munda wake womwe umayang'ana Ahilyeshwar Temple ndi mtsinjewo. Utumiki ndi wabwino kwambiri. Komabe, ndi mitengo yochokera kumadzulo pafupifupi 20,500 usiku (madola 400), mukulipira mlengalenga ndi malo kuposa china chilichonse. Chinthu chimodzi chowombola ndi chakuti msonkho umaphatikizapo zakudya zonse ndi zakumwa (kuphatikizapo mowa).
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Malangizo Oyendayenda
Kuti mumve Maheshwar, muyende pamtunda wa ghats, ndipo muyambe kukwera ngalawa pamtsinje wa Narmada ndikupita ku Baneshwar pakachisi (pali mabwato ochuluka omwe amapangira ghats). Kachisi ali ndi chilumba kakang'ono pakati pa mtsinje. Ngati ndinu mkazi, valani moyenera ku Maheshwar. Monga mkazi wachilendo, mukhoza kusamala ndi magulu a amuna (kuphatikizapo kujambula ndi makamera awo), ngakhale kuti mumavala zovala zachi India.
Maheshwar Side Trips
Mbiri yakale ya Mandu , yomwe ili ndi mabwinja, ili pafupi maola awiri oyendetsa galimoto ndipo ikuyenera kuyendera paulendo wa tsiku (ngakhale, mungagwiritse ntchito masiku atatu kapena anayi mukuyang'ana).
Ngati simukumbukira chipembedzo cha malonda (komanso kuchotsa ndalama zomwe zimabwera nawo), Omkareshwar, komanso maola angapo kuchokera ku Maheshwar ndi msewu, ndi malo otchuka omwe amapita ku Madhya Pradesh Malwa Region Golden Triangle . Chilumbachi, chofanana ndi chizindikiro cha "Om" chochokera kumwamba, pa Mtsinje wa Narmada uli ndi imodzi mwa ma 12 Jyotirlingams (mapangidwe a thanthwe lachirengedwe lofanana ndi shivalingams ) ku India.
Yendani ora limodzi kumtunda ndi ngalawa kuchokera ku Maheshwar ndipo mufike ku Sahastradhara, komwe mtsinjewo umagawanika mpaka mitsinje zikwi zambiri chifukwa cha miyala ya mkokomo pamtsinje. Ndiwopikisano woyenera amapita.