VIDISHA

Vidisha is one of the important district of M.P situated in the fork of Betwa and Bes river. It is at a distance of 56 km from Bhopal and 10 km from Sanchi.Till 1956, its name was Bhilsa and after that it was renamed as vidisha for its close proximity to that glorious city of great antiquity. Also Atal Bihari Vajpayee former prime minister of India won his first election from Vidisha. The Emperor Asoka was governor of Vidisha and it finds mention in Kalidasa's immortal Meghdoor.The ruins of a Brahmanical shrine at Vidisha dedicated to lord Vishnu reveal that the foundation bricks were cemented together with lime mortar, the first known example of the use of cement in India.The ruins are the remains of the oldest possible known Brahmanical stone structure, dated not later than 2 BC.Vidisha museum has a superb collection of Besnagar's earliest antiquities,dating from Sunga period ,19th century sculptures and terracotta objects ,representing the art that flourished under Parmara patronage ,are also well represented in the museum. There are many places near to Vidisha which are very famous for tourism mainly they are of the ancient antiquities.