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| native_name = Gaulok Dham Bakawan
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Khargone district|Khargone]]
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[[File:Ma Narmada Goshala Bakawan.jpg|alt=Ma Narmada Goshala Bakawan|thumb|Ma Narmada Goshala Bakawan]]
'''Bakawan''' is a village in the state of Madhya Pradesh located on the banks of the river Narmada in India. The village falls under the [[Nimar]] region (pronounced Nimadh/Nimad/Nimarh) in [[Malwa]]. The region predominantly speaks the local dialect "[[Nimadi language|Nimadi]]" and Hindi. Nearest airport is [[Indore]] and nearest railway station is [[Khandwa]].

== Introduction ==
A steep climb from the banks of the river Narmada leads to the village with paved streets.<ref>{{cite web|title=A temple too far|url=http://oliver.friends.tas.edu.au/ni/issue336/temple.htm|accessdate=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016174808/http://oliver.friends.tas.edu.au/ni/issue336/temple.htm#|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The village has a population around 8000 as per 2011 Census,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mardana village stats|url=http://www.voiceofbharat.org/khargone/view_results_detail.asp?ID=173&mVarTable=[Sheet1|accessdate=21 June 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref> supported by a government school, dispensary, nearest post office mardana and other amenities. Six buses run from the city to Sanawad and Khargone.

== History ==
Ruins indicates that a small fort was constructed in the nearby village called [[Mardana, Madhya Pradesh|Mardana]]. The fort is said to be the capital of Raja Mordhvaj who died at [[Prayagraj]]. The ruins show the ''sinhasana'' (seat) of Maharaja Mayuradhvaja in a cave. The fort has a hidden [[ghat]] (gupt ghat) and a guhavasi Shiva.<ref>{{cite book|last=Neuß|first=Jürgen|title=Narmadāparikramā - Circumambulation of the Narmadā River|year=2012|publisher=Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.|isbn=9789004228573|page=165|url=http://www.brill.com/narmadaparikrama-circumambulation-narmada-river|access-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917222019/http://www.brill.com/narmadaparikrama-circumambulation-narmada-river|archive-date=17 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The village was also among the sites selected by Malwa queen [[Ahilyabai Holkar|Rani Ahilyabai]] to build her capital because of its history and mentions in the vedic puranas. However, her priest advised against it. She later constructed a fortified ghat and temple of Mayuresvara Shiva in the village.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Hira Lal|title=Ahilyabai|year=1969|publisher=National Book Trust, India|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_snt9a7OsKUC&q=mardana+%2B+narmada}}</ref>
The village Bakawan have also a shiv mandir constructed by Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, at that time Bakawan was under the empire of Ahilya Bai Holkar. Also, she made Maheshwar as her capital.

== land use ==
The village has an agriculture-based land. Situated in the [[Narmada]] river valley, the village has access to a perennial water source and has a rich and fertile black soil. Common crops grown in the region: wheat, cotton, chilli (mirchi), soybean, peanuts, and sugarcane among others.

== Schools ==
The Government School is located in Navalpura region of Bakawan and has views of [[River Narmada]] and the [[Ghats]]. It has all the basic facilities with a large ground for playing. Also it supports with its building many functions such as election.{{fact|date=January 2019}}

Pratibha Gyan Vidhya Mandir is a private school having both the mediums i.e. Hindi and English.

Chandra Shekhar Azad Public School, Bakawan is a private school which aims to provide quality education for all with benefit of low fee to parents.{{fact|date=January 2019}}

==Tourism==
The village of Bakawan is known for making and exportation of Narmadeshwar Shivlings across the world. This is the only village in the world which succeeds in making of the Narmadeshwar Shivlings. The stones from which the Narmadeshwar Shivlings made are mainly found in the river Narmada. The village is also famous for the statue of Lord Balrama located in front of the Ram Mandir Bakawan (Rama Temple). There is a Gaushala (the place where the cows lives) named on the river Narmada Called Ma Narmada Gaushala Bakawan constructed in 1998 by Pt. Kamal Kishore Ji Nagar. The village is also known as Gaulok Dham Bakawan.

== Narmada Dam ==
Bakawan and many other villages in the region along the river Narmada will get submerged by the Maheshwar Hydroelectric Project.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nilsen|first1=Alf Gunvald|title=Dispossession and Resistance in India: The River and the Rage|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136994326|pages=1, 3, 8, 12–13, 20, 33, 149, 150 162, 194|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UATgCgAAQBAJ&q=Maheshwar+Hydroelectric+Project&pg=PA8|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref> Resettlement is still under progress.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Amoore|first1=Louise|title=The Global Resistance Reader|date=2005|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415335836|page=336|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uopWhyAS8T8C&q=Mardana+Resolution&pg=PA336|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref> The village came into focus in February 2000 when the "Bakawan Declaration" was signed to protest against the dam construction.<ref name="Bakawan Declaration">{{cite web|url=http://www.narmada.org/maheshwar/mardana.declaration.html|title=Mardana Resolution|publisher=Friends of River Narmada|accessdate=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209090759/http://www.narmada.org/maheshwar/mardana.declaration.html|archive-date=9 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140303/http://www.narmada.org/maheshwar.html The Maheshwar Dam : a Brief Introduction]
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