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Heliodorus Pillar

A pillar raised in about 113 BCE by a Greek envoy who had become a devotee of Vishnu.

Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun · CC BY 2.0
Price
Free
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
Besnagar, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh 464001Directions

Why Go

It's one of the oldest records of a foreigner taking on Hindu devotion. Locals know it as Khamba Baba and still worship it.

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