Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) Vidisha's association with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, late BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivra Singh Chouhan may have brought it into the limelight from time to time, but the city is trying to carve its own identity. Has the ability. According to historians as a tourist destination.
Surrounded by world heritage sites like Sanchi and Bhim Baithaka, which is equivalent to Vidisha Lok Sabha seat, the city is home to several historically important sites including the 10th century Bija Mandal.
"It is true that a large number of tourists visit the famous Buddhist site of Sanchi. But very few of them visit the town of Vidisha, which despite having historically and archaeologically important places like Bija Mandal, is barely 10 km away from the World Heritage Site. Is.The seat was represented by late BJP stalwarts like Vajpayee (1991) and Swaraj (2009 and 2014).
Devalia said, "It is unfortunate that the architects did not explain from where they got the idea of designing the structure (Parliament building)... It is similar to the earlier Parliament building as well as the new building constructed under the Centra Vista project." However, Vidisha is shown in the old map of India displayed in the new Parliament House, which mentions three important cities including Varanasi and Maheshwar from the spiritual and historical point of view.
Devalia said the people of Vidisha have also urged Chouhan to ensure that the design of the Bija Mandal-Vijay Mandir is mentioned in the new Parliament building.
He regretted that the authorities have not promoted Vidisha as a tourist destination."Even Sanchi was not promoted by government agencies. It gained prominence only because it is associated with Buddhism, which has international recognition," he said.
Another historian Vijay Chaturvedi said that Vidisha has a rich history since ancient times, it has the Heliodorus pillar of 113 BC and the historical caves of Udayagiri, but due to lack of publicity, tourists turn away from Sanchi.
He said, "If the government develops the ancient sites here, then definitely people from all over the world will be able to see this historical wealth and when tourism increases, employment will automatically be generated." Another historian Shiv Kumar Tiwari said. That Vidisha was the trading center of King Vikramaditya and it also remained the workplace of Maharishi Patanjal throughout his life.He said that this historic city has not been much publicized, which has many historical and archaeological important sites in it as well as in its surrounding area.
He said that if the government promotes it as a tourist circuit and the Tourism Development Corporation provides facilities to the tourists, then Vidisha will definitely regain its old glory. Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Vidisha Pratap Bhanu Sharma attacked Chauhan for Vidisha. Accused of not promoting tourism potential.
Sai Sharma, who had won from Vidisha twice in 1980 and 1984, said, "It is true that despite being Chief Minister four times and MP five times, Chouhan did nothing to promote tourism in Vidisha." ,
If Congress wins, it will promote Vidisha as a major tourist destination and create tourism circuits of places located in and around the historic city, he promised.State BJP spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi termed Sharma's allegations as baseless.
He claimed that Chouhan has done a lot to promote tourism not only in Vidisha but in the entire state, due to which the Lok Sabha constituency has become a major tourist attraction.
Voting will be held in Vidisha in the third phase on May 7.Vidisha Lok Sabha seat is spread across eight assembly segments of Vidisha Raisen, Sehore and Dewas districts.
This constituency includes Bhojpur, Sanchi (SC), Silwani assembly segments o Raisen district, Vidisha and Basoda of Vidisha district, Budhni and Icchawar o Sehore district and Khategaon assembly segment of Dewas district. Of the 19.38 lakh eligible voters in Vidisha, 10.04 lakh are male and 9.34 lakh are women.In the 2019 elections, BJP's Ramakant Bhargava defeated Congress's Shailendra Rameshchandra Patel by 5 lakh votes.
Surrounded by world heritage sites like Sanchi and Bhim Baithaka, which is equivalent to Vidisha Lok Sabha seat, the city is home to several historically important sites including the 10th century Bija Mandal.
"It is true that a large number of tourists visit the famous Buddhist site of Sanchi. But very few of them visit the town of Vidisha, which despite having historically and archaeologically important places like Bija Mandal, is barely 10 km away from the World Heritage Site. Is.The seat was represented by late BJP stalwarts like Vajpayee (1991) and Swaraj (2009 and 2014).
Devalia said, "It is unfortunate that the architects did not explain from where they got the idea of designing the structure (Parliament building)... It is similar to the earlier Parliament building as well as the new building constructed under the Centra Vista project." However, Vidisha is shown in the old map of India displayed in the new Parliament House, which mentions three important cities including Varanasi and Maheshwar from the spiritual and historical point of view.
Devalia said the people of Vidisha have also urged Chouhan to ensure that the design of the Bija Mandal-Vijay Mandir is mentioned in the new Parliament building.
He regretted that the authorities have not promoted Vidisha as a tourist destination."Even Sanchi was not promoted by government agencies. It gained prominence only because it is associated with Buddhism, which has international recognition," he said.
Another historian Vijay Chaturvedi said that Vidisha has a rich history since ancient times, it has the Heliodorus pillar of 113 BC and the historical caves of Udayagiri, but due to lack of publicity, tourists turn away from Sanchi.
He said, "If the government develops the ancient sites here, then definitely people from all over the world will be able to see this historical wealth and when tourism increases, employment will automatically be generated." Another historian Shiv Kumar Tiwari said. That Vidisha was the trading center of King Vikramaditya and it also remained the workplace of Maharishi Patanjal throughout his life.He said that this historic city has not been much publicized, which has many historical and archaeological important sites in it as well as in its surrounding area.
He said that if the government promotes it as a tourist circuit and the Tourism Development Corporation provides facilities to the tourists, then Vidisha will definitely regain its old glory. Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Vidisha Pratap Bhanu Sharma attacked Chauhan for Vidisha. Accused of not promoting tourism potential.
Sai Sharma, who had won from Vidisha twice in 1980 and 1984, said, "It is true that despite being Chief Minister four times and MP five times, Chouhan did nothing to promote tourism in Vidisha." ,
If Congress wins, it will promote Vidisha as a major tourist destination and create tourism circuits of places located in and around the historic city, he promised.State BJP spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi termed Sharma's allegations as baseless.
He claimed that Chouhan has done a lot to promote tourism not only in Vidisha but in the entire state, due to which the Lok Sabha constituency has become a major tourist attraction.
Voting will be held in Vidisha in the third phase on May 7.Vidisha Lok Sabha seat is spread across eight assembly segments of Vidisha Raisen, Sehore and Dewas districts.
This constituency includes Bhojpur, Sanchi (SC), Silwani assembly segments o Raisen district, Vidisha and Basoda of Vidisha district, Budhni and Icchawar o Sehore district and Khategaon assembly segment of Dewas district. Of the 19.38 lakh eligible voters in Vidisha, 10.04 lakh are male and 9.34 lakh are women.In the 2019 elections, BJP's Ramakant Bhargava defeated Congress's Shailendra Rameshchandra Patel by 5 lakh votes.
