Ahilyabai Holkar - Works Throughout India

Works Throughout India

It was the specialty of Holkar family that they did not use public funds to meet their personal and family expenses. They had their personal fund from their private property. Devi Ahilya inherited personal fund which at that time was estimated to be sixteen crores rupees. Ahilyabai used personal fund in charitable works.

  • Alampur (MP) – Harihareshwar, Batuk, Malharimarthand, Surya, Renuka, Ram Hanuman Temples, Shriram Temple, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Maruti Temple, Narsinh Temple, Khanderao Martand Temple, Memorial of Malharrao (I)
  • Amarkanthak- Shri Vishweshwar Temple, Kotithirth Temple, Gomukhi Temple, Dharamshala, Vansh Kund
  • Amba Gaon – Lamps for temple
  • Anand Kanan – Vishweshwar Temple
  • Ayodhya (U.P)– Built Shri Ram Temple, Shri Treta Ram Temple, Shri Bhairav Temple, Nageshwar/Siddhnath Temple, Sharayu Ghat, well, Swargadwari Mohatajkhana, Dharamshalas
  • Badrinath Temple (UP) – Shri Kedareshwar and Hari Temples, Dharamshalas (Rangdachati, Bidarchati, Vyasganga, Tanganath, Pawali), Manu kunds (Gaurkund, Kundachatri), Garden and Warm Water Kund at Dev Prayag, Pastoral land for cows
  • Beed – Jirnnodhar of a Ghat.
  • Belur (Karnataka) – Ganpati, Pandurang, Jaleshwar, Khandoba, Tirthraj and Fire temples, Kund
  • Bhanpura – Nine Temples and Dharmashala
  • Bharatpur – Temple, Dharmashala, Kund
  • Bhimashankar – Garibkhana
  • Bhusawal - Changadev Temple
  • Bitthur – Bhramaghat
  • Burhanpur (MP) - Raj Ghat, Ram Ghat, Kund
  • Chandwad Waphegaon – Vishnu Temple and Renuka Temple
  • Chaundi – Chaudeshwaridevi Temple, Sineshwar Mahadev temple,
  • Ahilyeshwar Temple, Dharamshala, Ghat,
  • Chitrakoot - Pranpratishta of Shri Ramchandra
  • Cikhalda – Annakshetra
  • Dwarka(Gujrath) – Mohatajkhana, Pooja House and gave some villages to priest
  • Ellora –Grishneshwar Temple of Red Stone
  • Gangotri – Vishwanath, Kedarnath, Annapurna, Bhairav Temples, many Dharmashalas
  • Gaya (Bihar) – Vishnupad Temple
  • Gokarn – Rewaleshwar Mahadev temple, Holkar wada, Garden and Garibkhana
  • Gruneshwar (Verul) – Shivalaya Tirth
  • Handiya – Siddhanath Temple, ghat and dharmashala
  • Haridwar (Uttarakhand) – Kushawarth Ghat and a Huge Dharmashala
  • Hrishikesh – Many temples, Shrinathji and Govardhan ram temples
  • Indore – Many Temples and ghats
  • Jagannath Puri (Orrisa) – Shri Ramchandra Temple, Dharmashala and Garden
  • Jalgaon - Ram Mandir
  • Jamghat – Bhumi dwar
  • Jamvgaon – Donated for Ramdas swami Math
  • Jejuri – Malhargautameshwar, Vitthal, Martand Temple, Janai Mahadev and Malhar lakes
  • Karmanasini River – Bridge
  • Kashi (Benaras) – Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Shri Tarakeshwar, Shri Gangaji, Ahilya Dwarkeshwar, Gautameshwar, Many Mahadev Temples, Temple Ghats, Manikarnika Ghat, Dashaaswamegh Ghat, Janana Ghat, Ahilya Ghat, UttarKashi Dharmashala, Rameshwar Panchkoshi Dharmashala, Kapila Dhara Dharmashala, Shitala Ghat
  • Kedarnath – Dharmashala and Kund
  • Kolhapur – Facilities for temple pooja
  • Kumher – Well and Memorial of Prince Khanderao
  • Kurukshetra (Haryana) - Shiv Shantanu Mahadev Temple, Panchkund Ghat, Laxmikund Ghat
  • Maheshwar - Hundreds of temples, ghats, dharmashalas and houses
  • Mamaleshwar Mahadev Himachal Pradesh – Lamps
  • Manasa Devi – Seven temples
  • Mandaleshwar – Shiv Temple Ghat
  • Miri (Ahmednagar) – Bhairav Temple in 1780
  • Naimabar(MP) – Temple
  • Nandurbar - Temple, Well
  • Nathdwara – Ahilya Kund, Temple, Well
  • Neelkantha Mahadev – Shivalaya and Gomukh
  • Nemisharanya(UP) – Mahadev Madi, Nimsar Dharmashala, Go-ghat, Cakrithirth kund
  • Nimgaon (Nashik) – Well
  • Omkareshwar (MP) – Mamaleshwar Mahadev, Amaleshwar, Trambakeshwar Temples (Jirnnodhar), Gauri Somnath Temple, Dharmashalas, Wells
  • Ozar (Ahmednagar) – 2 wells and kund
  • Panchawati, Nasik – Shri Ram Temple, Gora Mahadev temple, Dharmashala, Vishweshwar Temple, Ramghat, Dharmashala
  • Pandharpur (Maharashtra) – Shri Ram Temple, Tulsibag, Holkar wada, Sabha Mandap, Dharmashala and gave silver utensil for the temple,Well-Which known by Bagirao well.
  • Pimplas(Nashik) – well
  • Prayag (Allahabad UP) - Vishnu Temple, Dharmashala, Garden, Ghat, Palace
  • Pune – Ghat
  • Puntambe (Maharashtra) – Ghat on Godavari river
  • Pushkar – Ganpati Temple, Dharmashala, Garden
  • Rameshwar (TN) – Hanuman Temple, Shri Radha Krishna Temple, Dharmashala, Well, Garden etc.
  • Rampura – Four Temples, Dharmashala and houses
  • Raver – Keshav Kund
  • Sakargaon – well
  • Sambhal – Laxmi Narayan Temple and two wells
  • Sangamner – Ram Temple
  • Saptashrungi – Dharmashala
  • Sardhana Meerut – Chandi Devi Temple
  • Saurashtra (Guj) – Somnath Temple in 1785. (Jirnnodhdhar and Pran Prathistha)
  • Siddhivinayak temple's inner sanctum at Siddhatek in Ahmednagar District
  • Shri Nagnath (Darukhvan) – Started pooja in 1784
  • Srisailam Mallikarjun (Kurnool, AP) – Temple of Lord Shiva
  • Shri Shambhu Mahadev Mountain Shingnapur (Maharashtra) – Well
  • Shri Vaijenath (Parali, Maha) – Jirnnodhar of Baijenath Temple in 1784
  • Shri Vhigneshwar – Lamps
  • Sinhpur – Shiv Temple and ghat
  • Sulpeshwar – Mahadev Temple, annakshetra
  • Sultanpur (Khandesh) – Temple
  • Tarana – Tilabhandeshwar Shiv temple, Khedapati, Shriram Temple, Mahakali Temple
  • Tehari (Bundelkhand) – Dharmashala
  • Trimbakeshwar (Nashik) – Bridge on Kushawarth Ghat
  • Ujjain (MP) – Chintaman Ganapati, Janardhan, Shrilila urushottam, Balaji Tilakeshwar, Ramjanaki Ras Mandal, Gopal, Chitnis, Balaji, Ankpal, Shiv and many other temples, 13 ghats, well and many Dharmashalas etc.
  • Varanasi, Kashi Vishwanath Temple 1780.
  • Vrindavan (Mathura) – Chain Bihari Temple, Kaliyadeha Ghat, Chirghat and many other ghats, Dharmashala, Annakstra
  • Waphegaon (Nashik) – Holkar wada and one well

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