http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5916157/how-to-get-the-maven-local-repo-location
https://www.mkyong.com/maven/where-is-maven-local-repository/
https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-maven.html
https://www.mkyong.com/maven/where-is-maven-local-repository/
mkyong explained it well and thank you for providing the links which really helped me out pointing my local repository to a customized location instead of default .m2 location.