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✨In this tricentenary year of Shrimant Punyashlok Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, we are honoured to commence the next phase of architectural conservation work at the Ahilyeshwar Chhatri Mandir in Maheshwar, MP. This project is initiated by the Khasgi Trust and also supported by the World Monuments Fund, India. We are working in close collaboration with the Holkar Cultural Centre and RHR Heritedge Solutions Pvt. Ltd., under the guidance of the Royal Holkars of Indore. We were joined by Mr. Jeremy Lloyd (Patron, World Monuments Fund) and Shri. Rajkumar Mev (MLA, Maheshwar) alongwith NCC cadets, at the ceremony.✨

Jamgaon is notable amongst the many important historic Maratha towns in the late medieval period. Granted to Patil-baba Shrimant Mahadji Scindia by the Peshwa for his bravery in the Third Battle of Panipat, Jamgaon was his headquarters in the Deccan. There he developed a large fortified town inside the Nagarkot and also built his own defensive Bhuikot Rajwada. This town had its temples, a mosque, stepwell and even a Bazar Peth.

It became an important site for Mahadji and the family. He adopted his heir Shrimant Daulatrao Scindia in this Rajwada. After receiving the Khilat from Delhi when he spent his last few years in the Pune region, he often stayed at Jamgaon. Later Jamgaon also saw skirmishes with the Peshwa, Holkar and British forces.

This Rajwada was donated to the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha years ago. But the rest of the ghostly town lies largely in a poor, abandoned condition. We were fortunate to visit it along with the Shrimant Kelkar family, who are historically associated with the Gwalior State.

We have all heard the phrase ‘Raising the Roof’.In the medieval period, home builders in Europe would literally raise the roof to add an extra storey to a structure. Retrofitting contemporary requirements within historic roofing systems now, we truly admire the traditional craftsmen and their ingenuity.
In frame Shri Ram Mandir,Parner 🛕✨