Where Mandleshwar is located  Mandleshwar  is a town and  nagar panchayat  in the  Khargone district  of the  India  state of  Madhya Pradesh . It is on the banks of  Narmada River , [1]  8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of  Maheshwar  and 99 kilometres (62 mi) south of  Indore . It is a "Pavitra nagri" as termed by the government of Madhya Pradesh, as it is an ancient town. It is the education centre of Maheshwar block, the location of the district court and district jail of Khargone, and is also the political centre of Maheshwar block. HISTROY Mandleshwar is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from  Maheshwar , capital of the  Holkar  states. The eighth-century philosopher  Maṇḍana Miśra  reportedly lived in the town and debated with  Aadya Guru Shankarachaarya  at the Gupteshwar Mahadev Temple. The British Raj is memorialized in the  Sub-Divisional Magistrate , PWD office, t...