Fast Facts on Tripura
Time zone - IST (UTC+5:30)
Capital - Agartala
Temperature : Summer: 20 to 36 degree C / Winter: 2 to 20 Degree C.
Clothing - Summer-Cotton / Winter- Woollens
Rainy Season : June to August
Official Languages : Bengali and Kok Borok
Other Languages : Manipuri, English, Hindi, Chakma etc.
Established -1972-01-21
Best Time to Visit - August to March
With its long historic past, Tripura has earned its own niche amongst the world tourists. Located in the north eastern part of India Tripura is the youngest one of the seven sisters. This pretty dale is bounded on the three sides by BangladeshAssam and Mizoram in the east. Tripura’s unique tribal culture and a fascinating folklore is a big crowd puller. A former princely state, Tripura’s cultural diversity, rich picturesque beauty or serene tranquility has some thing for everyone. and shares a common boundary with
Tourism Blossoms in Tripura
Within its small geographical area, she offers plenty of attractions which include lush forests, cascading rivers, divine gorges, religious shrines and the list will go on and on.
Agartala – Capital city Agartala is adorned with the attractions 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, Purbasha, Handicrafts Designing Centre, Fourteen Goddess Temple, Portuguese Church etc.
Ujjayanta Palace – This royal house, is standing in the heart of the city with huge Mughal style gardens, pools Flood lights and fountains.
Unakoti – This 7th -9th century old Shaiba pilgrimage centre with marvelous rock carvings, murals, waterfalls and undisputed natural beauty show off its most primitive pristine beauty.
Pilak- This is a treasure house of Hindu and Buddhist Sculpture. Its beautiful rock craved images, terracotta plaques and sealing reflect the influences of both Hinduism and Buddhism. Colossal stone images of Avolokiteshwar and Narasimha have been found here.
Udaipur – The main attractions of this lake city are Tripura Sundari Temple, Bhuvaneswari Temple, Gunabati group of Temples, Jagannath Temple etc.
Deotamura - Deotamura is famous for its panels of rock carvings.
Sepahijala - Spread over an area of 18.532 km, Sepahijala is boosts more than 150 species of residential birds, migratory birds. Decked with orchid garden, boating facilities, wild life, botanical garden, zoo, elephant joy-rides, rubber and coffee plantation, this place attracts the visitors from far and wide. Endangered Spectacled Monkey are the prime attraction of this place.
Tripurasundari Temple – Tripurasundari Temple which is also popularly known as MATABARI is one of the 51 Shakti pithas of Hindu Puran,
Neermahal – This magnificent lake palace was once the summers resort of late Maharaja Birbikram Kishore and his beautiful queen.
Jampui Hill - Situated at an altitude of 3000 mts, Jampui is famous for its charming landscape and bracing climate. During November every year, the unique Orange & Tourism festival is celebrated in the Jampui hill.
Major Cities in Tripura
The Cities of Tripura are home to a number of varied ethno-linguistic groups. Apart from the Bengali and Tripuries you will find here people from the communities like Jamatia, Reang, Noatia, Koloi, Murasing, Chakma, Halam, Garo, Kuki, Lushai, Mogh, Munda, Oraon, Santhal and Uchoi. Agartala is the capital city of Tripura. The other important cities are Udaipur , Badharghat , Agartala , Kumarghat , Pilak , Unakoti etc.
Tripura- Arts & Culture
Dance and Music are the most indispensable aspects of Tripuri People. Almost for every reason and situation they have some sort of folk dance and music.The most celebrated folk dances are Hozagiri dance of Reang community, Garia , Jhum, Maimita, Masak Sumani and Lebang boomani dances of Tripuri commmunityBizu dance of Chakma community, Cheraw and Welcome dances of Lusai community, Hai-Hak dance of Malsum community, Wangala dance of Garo Community, Sangraiaka, Chimithang, Padisha and abhangma dances of Mog community, Garia dances of Kalai and Jamatia communities, Gajan, Dhamail, Sari and Rabindra dances of Bengali community and Basanta Rash and Pung chalam dances of Manipuri community.
Each community has its own traditional musical instruments. The important musical instruments are' Khamb( Drum)', Bamboo flute, 'Lebang,', 'Sarinda', 'Do- Tara', and 'Khengrong', etc.
Tripura’s undisputed cultural and literary richness has allured several celebrated names like Rabindranath Tagore, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose. The legendary musicians like S.D. Barman and his son Rahul Dev Barman (R.D. Barman), hailed from the State.
Tripura- Fairs and Festivals
There are a number of fairs and festivals that are being celebrated here in Tripura. Here each tribe has their own dances and festivals, which are celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm. Some of the most important festivals are given below:
Paus-Sankranti Mela: The mela held near source of the river Gomti known as Tirtha Mukh. Lord Buddha's birthday “Buddha Poornima” is celebrated on a grand scale every year. Ganga Puja, Gariya Puja , Ker Puja, Kharchi Puja, Gajan, Durga Puja, Kali puja or Diwali, X- mas, Ashok Ashtami Fair, Garia Puja, Doljatra and Rashleela etc are the most reverently celebrated festivals of Tripura.
Tripura- Shopping
When you are visiting Tripura , you simply can’t return with out buying some souvenirs for your people back home. You will find number of places from Where you can get excellent bamboo and cane made mementos. Capital city Agartala offer a wonderful experience for avid shopper.
From Orient chowmuhani you can get all the bamboo and cane made things. Purbasha, an outlet of Tripura Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation is the one of the most preferred place to buy some of Tripura’s popular cane and bamboo craft. From Tantumita get traditional handlooms and dresses. Check out several small shops in the hawker’s corner - main market area of Agartala.
Tripura- Wildlife
Tripura boosts an extremely rich bio-diversity. This area contains Indo-Malayan and Indo-Chinese sub-regions flora. There are 379 species of trees, 320 shrubs, 581 herbs, 165 climbers, 16-climbing shrubs, 35 ferns and 45 epiphytes one can easily find in Tripura. Wildlife sanctuaries of the state include Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary, Gumti Wildlife sanctuary, Roa Wildlife Sanctuary and Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary. National Park of the state include Clouded Leopard National Park, Sepahijola and Rajbari National Park, Trishna.
