India: DEWAS

Dewas is the most beautiful and ancient town situated near Indore, it is around 40 km in Northeast from Indore and on the level plains of the Malwa Plateau, to the South. The beauty of Dewas, it is surround by hills, and on the hills as every where in India there is also a Hindu Temple on it. In Dewas there is not only temples on the hills but with the latest technology there are winds farm also situated, so if view Dewas from the top of the hills you will enjoy both the technology and the India culture.

Dewas is a small town but it is also have administrative center of Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two "15 Gun Salute" princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior State and Dewas Senior State, ruled by the royal Maratha "Puar" or Pawar. And one more most interesting thing about Dewas is that it has Houses Government's Bank Note Press.

Main Gate Tulja Bhawani Mandir

The main hill in the Dewas known as Tekri these days but the actual name of this hill is the Devi Vaishini hill. This hill has number of temples of Deity Devi Tulja Bhawani, Chamunda Mata and Kalika Mata.The word Dewas is also believed to be a sandhi of Dev deity and Vas Msrathi for abode. thus Dewas means abode of the Deity or God.

Tulja Bhawani Mandir

Bhavani was the tutelary Deity of the Maratha leader Shivaji, in whose veneration, he dedicated his sword, Bhavani Talwar. A temple to Bhavani at Tuljapur in Maharashtra, dates back to the 12th century.

The Swami Shivom Tirtha wrote the History of the hill (Tekri) of Dewas in his book - "Sadhan Shikhar". And E. M. Forster wrote a Travelogue named-"The Hill of Devi" in 1953.