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Tripura is famous
for a large number of temples of
Hindus and Buddhists. The most
significant of them are Mata
Tripureshwari temple at Udaipur,
Fourteen Goddess Temple at Old
Agartala, Bhuveneshwari Temple
at Udaipur , Benuban Vihar at
Agartala etc.
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Mata Tripureswari
Temple
This temple is one
of the 51
pithasthans in India
as per Hindu
mythology. As per
mythology, Lord
Vishnu had cut off
the body of Mata
Sati into 51 pieces
by Sudarshana Chakra
and all these pieces
fell at different
places throughout
the country and
these places are
known as pithasthans.
It is said that
'right foot' of Mata
Sati fell at
Matabari.
This pithasthan is
also known as Kurma
Pith because the
shape of the temple
premises resembles
to that of "Kurma"
namely tortoise.
Inside the temple,
the idol of Maa Kali
is kept which is
made of 'reddish
black Kastic pathar.'
Maa Kali is
worshipped in her 'Soroshi'
form in this temple.
There is an idol of
smaller size of Maa
Kali called 'Chotto
Maa 'and this image
used to be carried
by Maharajas of
Tripura during "Mrigaya"
namely hunting and
also during war.
The temple consists
of square type
sanctum of the
typical Bengali hut
type structure with
a conical dome. The
temple was
constructed in 1501
A.D. by the then
Maharaja Dhanya
Manikya.
In the eastern side
of the temple there
is a famous Kalyan
Sagar where fishes
and tortoises of
huge size are found
and devotees feed
them with "muri" and
biscuits. No fishing
is permitted in the
Kalyan Sagar.
Every year on Dewali,
a famous Mela takes
place near the
temple which is
visited by more than
two lakhs pilgrims.
Location
55 k.m. from
Agartala. 3 k.m.
away from Udaipur,
district headquarter
of South Tripura
District.
How to Reach
By bus from Agartala
to TripuraSundari
Temple at Udaipur. |
Fourteen Goddess
Temple
It is located about
14 Km. away from
Agartala at a place
called Old Agartala.
In the face of
continued fight with
Shamser Gazi,
Maharaja Krishna
Manikya had shifted
the capital from
Udaipur to Old
Agartala. It
continued to be the
capital till it was
shifted to Agartala.
Near the sacred 14
goddess temple
during the month of
July every year a
Kharchi festival is
organised and
thousands of
pilgrims and
devotees visit this
festival.
Location
14 k.m. from
Agartala. |
 Bhuveneswari
Temple
On the right bank of
river Gomati at
Udaipur is found the
ruins of a big
palace built by
Maharaja Govinda
Manikya (1660-75
A.D.). The
Bhuveneswari temple
is situated adjacent
to this palace. The
temple is
constructed on a 3
feet high paved
terrace.
The roof features
the typical four-chaala
pattern with stupa
like crowns on the
vestibule and core
chambers. The stupa
on core chamber is
embellished with
floral designs. The
historical
significance of this
temple is that it is
the back-drop of the
famous novel "Rajarshi"
and the drama "Bisarjan"
composed by
Rabindranath Tagore.
Location
55 k.m. from
Agartala. |
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