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	THE MAHESHWAR DAM
		The Maheshwar Dam is part of the Narmada Valley Development Project that entails the construction of 30 large and 135 medium-sized dams in the Narmada Valley.
		Maheshwar is one of the planned large dams and is slated to provide 400 Megawatts in energy.
		Maheshwar is the first privately financed hydroelectric dam in India and is expected to displace around 35,000 people.
	www.narmada.org /maheshwar.html (513 words)

	1Up India > Indian Pilgrimages, India > Maheshwar- formaly known as Mahishmati. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maheshwar was revived from obscurity by the Holkar Queen, Rani Ahilyabai of Indore, in the late 18th century and was formerly known as Mahishmati.
		Maheshwar is known for unique weave and beautifully complex patterns of the sarees throughout the country.
		Maheshwar is best reached by road as the nearest railhead is 39 km away.
	www.1upindia.com /pilgrimages/maheshwar.html (419 words)

	Maheshwar, Maheshwar Travel Tours in Madhya Pradesh India
		Maps of M.P. Maheshwar was a glorious city at the dawn of Indian civilisation when it was Mahishmati, capital of King Kartivarjun.
		This is the right place to begin a tour of Maheshwar, for this pious and wise queen was the architect of its revived importance.
		Lining the blanks, too, are poignant memorials in stone to the satis of Maheshwar, who perished on the funeral pyres of their husbands.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /madhya-pradesh/maheshwar (492 words)

	Travel India through NDTV \| Airfares \| Hotels \| Packages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maheshwar, on the banks of the Narmada, is a holy town and also home to the beautiful Maheshwari sarees.
		Maheshwar is a sleepy little town in Madhya Pradesh about 60 kilometres away from the much better place known as Mandu, and around a 100 kilometres away from the city of Indore.
		However, Maheshwar's more noticeable phase came two and a half centuries ago, during the reign of the legendary Maratha queen Ahilya Bai Holkar, who made Maheshwar the capital of her kingdom that extended beyond Indore.
	travels.ndtv.com /xtopspot.asp?topspot=Maheshwar&id=58 (675 words)

	The Maheshwar Dam in India : Part I
		The Maheshwar Dam is part of the controversial Narmada Valley Development Project that entails the construction of 30 large and 135 medium-sized dams in the Narmada Valley.
		Maheshwar is the first privately financed hydroelectric dam in India.
		Maheshwar is to be built in the Nimad region of Madhya Pradesh, two kilometers upstream from the town of Mandleshwar.
	www.narmada.org /urg990421.1.html (855 words)

	Maheshwar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maheshwar is a town in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.
		In the late eighteenth century, Maheshwar served as the capital of Rajmata Ahilya Devi Holkar, ruler of the state of Indore.
		Maheshwar is noted as a centre for weaving colourful cotton saris, with distinctive designs involving stripes, checks and floral borders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maheshwar (351 words)

	World Rivers Review, February 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 400-MW Maheshwar hydropower project is part of the Narmada Valley Development Project, an ambitious government development scheme that proposes 30 major dams and thousands of small- and medium-sized dams on the Narmada River.
		Maheshwar is upstream from the Sardar Sarovar Project, the most notorious of the massive scheme's large dams.
		Maheshwar is the first privatized hydroelectric dam in the Narmada Valley.
	www.irn.org /pubs/wrr/9802/maheshwar.html (596 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Madhya Pradesh News : Scrap Maheshwar power project, demands NBA
		The Narmada Bachao Andolan has called for scrapping of the Maheshwar power project on Narmada citing the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in which the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has been severely indicted for "irregular'' disbursement of loans amounting to nearly Rs.
		Since the entire outstanding amount on this loan is not recoverable from the immovable properties of the Maheshwar project alone, the MPSIDC has now issued further Revenue Recovery Certificates to make the recoveries from the properties of the directors of S. Kumars in Mumbai and Indore.
		It has said that the decision needs to be taken to use this investment in reducing the huge transmission and distribution losses of the State, that is almost 45 per cent of the total electricity generated.
	www.hindu.com /2004/06/05/stories/2004060509780500.htm (901 words)

	Asia Times: Indian protests damn German involvement in dam
		The demonstrators who sang songs in praise of the Hindu god Maheshwar and shouted anti-German slogans said they were in Delhi to protest against the exploitative policies under the World Trade Organization which affected their lives.
		Maheshwar Dam, which falls in central Madhya Pradesh state and is one of a series of large dams in the Narmada Valley project, is being built by a private contractor, S Kumar, whose foreign funders have deserted it following controversy over resettlement.
		According to Palit, the Maheshwar project has long ceased to be of public interest because of constantly inflated cost estimations made by the promoters who hope to recover it through power tariffs far in excess of existing ones.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/AL02Df01.html (767 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : The shuttling looms of Maheshwar
		MAHESHWAR sarees, woven mostly by women of Maheshwar village, have an understated classicism like the deep and quietly flowing Narmada river, on which the village rests.
		Quoting in the price range of Rs 3,000 to Rs 8,000 per piece, modern-day Maheshwar sarees are a blend of 80-120 counts cotton yarn and fine silk yarn though in ancient times, they were of pure cotton with the weave carrying a distinctly Maharashtrian style.
		The handlooms are 48 inches in size with silk yarn bought from Bangalore and Benares used on warp and super fine cotton yarn from Coimbatore inserted on the weft.
	www.blonnet.com /2003/07/01/stories/2003070100531800.htm (1134 words)

	rediff.com: The Maheshwar project: getting to the root of the matter
		But the truth is that the Maheshwar project (which is to be built on the Narmada river at Jalaud, and was handed over to the S Kumar group in 1994), is at least every bit as expensive as all IPPs.
		In the Maheshwar valley the NBA activists have been battling the Shree Maheshwar project for seven years, but their focus was primarily on the valley where it will displace several farmers and submerge fertile agricultural land, and -- to an extent -- on the foreign lenders and collaborators.
		But the facts presented by the activists make it clear that there is more than reasonable doubt about the viability of the project, even without going into critical issues such as rehabilitation of displaced persons and land available for their resettlement.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/jun/20dalal.htm (1276 words)

	Maheshwar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maheshwar is perhaps one of the most beautiful palace-temple-cities that I have ever seen.
		With their soaring spires, the many-tiered temples of Maheshwar are distinguished by their carved overhanging balconies and their intricately worked doorways.
		Introduced into Maheshwar years ago by Rani Ahilyabai, Maheshwari Sarees are renowned throughout India for their unique weave.
	www.spiritualjourneys.net /Venues/maheshwar.htm (231 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The master plan for development of the Narmada Basin which was conceptualised in the 1960s, constitutes the development of 29 major (including Maheshwar), 135 medium and 3000 minor projects for irrigation of 27.55 lac Ha of land and power generation of about 3000 MW to be executed in three phases.
		To harness the water of Narmada for generation of electricity and for irrigation, the Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal allocated 65.18% of water to Madhya Pradesh, 32.14% to Gujarat and balance to Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
		of Madhya Pradesh consists of the multi purpose Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects for generation of electricity and irrigation while Maheshwar is purely a hydel project for generation of electricity.
	www.maheshwar-hydel.com /Narmada/Narmada1.html (190 words)

	Maheshwar Travel Guide,Maheshwar India Travel Guide,Travel Information on Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh
		Maheshwar tourism has much in its stores for its tourists, it is a land of culture and traditions, fair-festivals where historical monuments, forts, Palaces and temples are present to thrill its tourists.
		More than anything else, Maheshwar is now synonymous with the exquisitely delicate cotton and silk blend handloom saris woven by its people.
		The sacred Narmada that flows by lends Maheshwar charm and sanctity.
	www.indiasite.com /madhyapradesh/maheshwar (603 words)

	International Rivers Network: South Asia
		It may be noted that the Maheshwar Project was accorded the environmental clearance on the 7th of January 1994.
		However, in 1997–98, when work started on the Maheshwar dam, the NBA found that there was no rehabilitation plan for the Project and the land figures shown to be available for RandR at the time of Project clearance were in fact faulty and fudged.
		On the 11th of May 2006, hundreds of oustees from the Maheshwar dam protested outside the Offices of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at Delhi against construction of dam work in the light of non–compliance with conditions of the environmental clearance.
	www.irn.org /programs/india/index.php?id=060628nba.html (730 words)

	"amarkantak, maheshwar, omakreshwar, ujjain"
		Maheshwar is also famed for the manor, the walled mansion of the 18
		Introduced into Maheshwar 250 years ago by Rani Ahilyabai, the sarees are renowned throughout India.
		Woven mostly in cotton the "palu" is distinctive with five strips, three colored and two white alternating running along its with hand reversible border, known as Bugdi.
	www.travelcentralindia.com /spritual.html (624 words)

	A moral victory for the NBA
		A REPORT on the non-viability of the Maheshwar hydroelectric project, submitted by three independent experts for the German government and released "unofficially" in June, represents a milestone in the struggle of the people who are about to be displaced by the project in Madhya Pradesh.
		THE single largest source of foreign funds for the Maheshwar project is a loan of Rs.523 crores from a German bank, the HypoVereinsbank.
		The decision of the inter-ministerial committee is awaited, and the delay has caused considerable anxiety to the activists and the people the Maheshwar dam will displace; not to mention S. Kumars, the private company entrusted with the development of the project.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1715/17151150.htm (1603 words)

	Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation Limited - Destinations - Maheshwar
		Lining the banks too, are poignant memorials in stone to the satis of Maheshwar, who perished on the funeral pyres of their husbands.
		Maheshwar was a glorious city at the dawn of Indian civilization when it was Mahishmati, capital of king Kartivarjun.
		Today, Maheshwar is also known for its distinctive handwoven sarees called Maheshwari.
	www.mptourism.com /dest/maheshwar.html (113 words)

	Current Action - Global Response - Environmental Action & Education
		If built, the Maheshwar Dam will submerge some of the richest agricultural lands in India and destroy the livelihoods of 40,000 farmers, fishers and craftspeople.
		The Maheshwar Dam is one of 30 "large" dams proposed for construction along with 3,100 smaller dams on the Narmada River.
		Protesters have taken over the Maheshwar Dam site 8 times in the last 2 years, barricaded all roads leading to the dam for 3 months, and held mass demonstra-tions and indefinite hunger strikes opposing the dam.
	www.globalresponse.org /gra.php?i=6/99 (464 words)

	Narmada Andolan wants Maheshwar plan scrapped - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Narmada Bachao Andolan on Thursday re-iterated its demand for scrapping the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project, costing Rs 2,100 crore, on the river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh.
		Maheshwar, the first hydel power project in the country to be handed over to the Private sector, has seen massive time and cost overruns.
		Thanks to the stiff opposition of NBA, which says it will displace hundreds of families and produce prohibitively costly power, the project, which was scheduled to be completed in the nineties is still hanging fire.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun042004/n3.asp (551 words)

	The muddy waters of Maheshwar
		But despite the insurance, what is worrying Pathrad villagers is that a lot of their agricultural land stands to get submerged when the Maheshwar Dam is built on the Narmada river, as part of the Narmada Valley Development Project.
		And the villagers have turned their ire on government officials and employees of S Kumar's, which has signed a private power purchase agreement with the Madhya Pradesh government and has begun constructing the dam.
		Pathrad is one of the 61 villages that will be submerged by the backwaters of the Maheshwar Dam, and this is one of the dams facing a barge of protests from affected villages, actively supported by the NBA.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990815/fec15025.html (949 words)

	Ahilya Fort
		Although Maheshwar is a site revered by followers of Lord Shiva, all people who respect religion are welcome to enter any of the temples.Lunch is served in a cool covered courtyard, often a cold soup followed by pasta or light vegetarian food from Central India.
		Ornate and beautiful models of a holy shrine in Iraq are made by individuals and groups; at sunset these are taken to the riverside and ceremoniously immersed in the Narmada.
		Ahilya Fort and Maheshwar are reached by a two-hour car ride from Indore.Indore is 45 minutes by plane from Bombay, 2 hours from Delhi, 30 minutes by plane from Bhopal, the state capitol.
	www.ahilyafort.com /home.php (1035 words)

	Saints and Sages: Swami Maheshwar Nath Ji
		Saints and Sages: Swami Maheshwar Nath Ji Swami Maheshwar Nath Ji by Upender Bhat
		On the roadside of this village is a pond known as Somnag and on the bank of this Somnag is an Ashram called Shanti Mahesh Ashram.
		Swami Maheshwar Nath better known as Bhagwanji among his disciples and devotees, was born to Vishwa Nath Dhar of this family.
	www.koausa.org /Saints/Maheshwar.html (1232 words)

	Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Journal: World News
		Police had attempted to thwart protests by sealing all roads leading to Maheshwar, but the villagers reached the construction site by darting from their villages in the middle of the night and entering the site along little-known pathways.
		Maheshwar was to have been the first privately-financed large hydroproject in India.
		The concession to build and operate the 400-MW Maheshwar Dam was given to S. Kumars (an Indian textile and tires company with no prior experience in dam projects).
	www.earthisland.org /eijournal/spring98/sp98f_wn.htm (1067 words)

	rediff.com: Maheshwar prepares for Mehta and Water
		News reporters and television crew have reached Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, anticipating that Deepa Mehta would start shooting her controversial film Water there.
		A final decision could be taken only after she had seen the Maheshwar ghats.
		Maheshwar was built by Ahilya Bai Holkar as the capital of her Malwa empire three centuries ago.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/feb/11water.htm (408 words)

	archives of global protests: NBA: Maheshwar Dam Protests \| 13/5/2006
		In their meeting with the Additional Secretary, the representatives said that the environmental clearance to the Project was illegal because the land availability details are false and more than 8000 families working on sand quarries, draw-down and fishing etc have been deliberately and willfully excluded.
		It may be noted that the Maheshwar Project is privatized, the Promoters of the Project - the S.Kumars group have increased the Project outlay 5 times in the last 15 years, and thus the electricity will be prohibitively high cost and destroy the Madhya Pradesh economy.
		The MOEF officials assured the people's representatives that they would locate the files as soon as possible, and form a Committee to investigate the veracity of the land claims and that of the river workers.
	www.nadir.org /nadir/initiativ/agp/free/dams/narmada/2006/0513maheshwar_dam_protest.html (512 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Weavers of Maheshwar thank Sally Holkar for reviving their craft But Sally wouldn’t have imagined that it would be her life’s mission when she married Richard Holkar of the royal family of Indore in her last year at Stanford University in 1966.
		One such visit changed her fate and that of the weavers of Maheshwar, the 18th century capital of the Holkars.
		The Maheshwar saris owe their distinct borders with geometric motifs to Queen Ahilyabai Holkar’s disapproval of floral designs.
	www.the-week.com /24may23/lifestyle_article2.htm (1005 words)

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