Sacred River Festival

Ahilya Fort is to present the 20th Sacred River Festival in February 2024, after a three year gap due to the Covid pandemic.

It is a 4 day festival celebrated annually since 2010, a confluence of art and history.
It was conceived by Richard Holkar of Holkar dynasty to represent the family’s refined cultural sensibilities.
Venue – Ahilyabai Fort in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh.
Presented by – The Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Charitable Memorial Trust and Ms. Mary McFadden.
Aim - To create a more inclusive art space that celebrates different identities and communities.
Activities - Music, dance, theatre performances, and craft walks, discussions, food displays and also highlights the Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb (syncretic culture) intrinsic to Awadh.

Safed Baradari (White Palace) in Uttar Pradesh, is a white-marbled building and a place of Mourning by Wajid Ali Shah, the last nawab of Awadh.

The Ahilya Fort

It sits high above the sacred river Narmada in the central Indian town of Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh.
Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar ruled here from 1765 to 1796 and built Ahilya Wada, her personal residences, offices, and darbaar audience hall, within the fort.
In the year 2000, her descendant converted his home in Ahilya Wada into Ahilya Fort Hotel.

The Holkar dynasty

It was a Maratha clan of nomadic tribes.
It was founded by Malhar Rao who joined the service of the Peshwa Baji Rao of the Maratha Empire in 1721, and quickly rose to the rank of Subedar.
They later became Maharajas of Indore in Central India as an independent member of the Maratha Empire until 1818.
The name of the dynasty was associated with the title of the ruler, who was known informally as Holkar Maharaja.
It became a princely state under the protectorate of British India.

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