Attractions

Agartala

The capital city offers variety of hot spots for the tourists like Ujjayanta Palace , State Museum , Tribal Museum , Sukanta Academy , M.B.B. College , Laxminarayan Temple , Uma Maheswar Temple , Jagannath Temple , Benuban Bihar, Gedu Mian Mosque, Malanch Niwas, Rabindra Kanan etc.

This royal house, which stands in the Capital city Agartala, is covering one sq.km. Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya built area during 1899-1901. It is a two storied mansion, having a mixed type of architecture with three high domes, the central one being 86' high. The magnificent tile floor curved wooden ceiling and beautifully crafted doors are particularly notable. The palace is set with huge Mughal style gardens, beautified by pools and gardens and tiled floors.

Kunjaban lies to the north of Ujjayanta palace at a distance of about 1 Km. Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya (1909-1923) selected this beautiful place for building a suburban palace for retreat and constructed a palace in 1917 which was named as ' Pushbanta Palace '. This palace was the mute witness to many of the great poet's creations including a number of popular songs. There are well-laid gardens and lawns inside the palace that is the official residence of the Governor of Tripura now.

Unakoti means one less than a crore and it is said that these many rock cut carvings are available here . As per Hindu mythology, when Lord Shiva was going to Kashi along with one crore gods and goddesses he made a night halt at this location. The images found at Unakoti are of two types namely rock-carved figures and stone images. Among the rock cut carvings, the central Shiva head and gigantic Ganesha figures deserve special mention. The central Shiva head known, as 'Unakotiswara Kal Bhairava' is about 30 feet high including an embroidered headdress which itself is 10 feet high. On each side of the headdress of the central Shiva, there are two full size female figures - one of Durga standing on a lion and another female figure on the other side.