With the passage of time the city’s name was transformed from Devvasini to Dewas. Dev signifies God, and aas means to longing, that is one that the God long for. Two mythological tales are famous for Dewas. According to one, the main devotees of the tekri were from the shaakt cult. They settled the Moghes, Kanjar, Sasi, and Bagri clan of Malwa when the region was dense forest. With the passage of time this place was converted into a big city. The second is that earlier this village was known as Diwas which later transformed and came to be called Dewas.
The city is situated on the foot of a conical hill where at the height of about 100 meter the temple of Goddess Chamunda is situated from which the name Devwasini , of the city has originated. Simultaneously the founder of this city must have kept the name Dewas which perhaps denotes the Devsabha, which has been referred to by Rajshekhar for the place around Ujjain. The image of the Goddess has been carved out from the rocks have a standing posture, about 2.5 meter in height. There are wide steps to reach the place. This hill is situated in the north of the city on Agra- Mumbai Highway from where the cave temple can be easily seen. Inscriptions can be found on the door of the temple but are unclear. In the east of the city is situated the ancient temple of Sheetalnath Mahadev. In addition to this, in the south is the ancient Bholenath temple of Lord Shiva is situated. This place is very beautiful and is as the tourist place.
Emperor Malharrao of Dewas estate had renounced the world under the influence of Sheetalnath, and started living near the temple. In the center of the city is a Jain temple. It is believed that the first mention of the city has been in Prathviraj Raso by Chandra Bardai. It is said that Prathviraj while returning from Delhi, halted here with his army. At the time of King Akbar it was a small city included in Nagda.
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