Agartala Tourism
Agartala, the state capital, is connected by road with Guwahati via Shillong
by National Highway No. 44. It takes about 24 hrs. by road from Guwahati to
reach Agartala.
There are flight connections with Calcutta and Guwahati. Ujjayanta Palace is
a modern building of the royal house of Tripura and is located in the heart
of Agartala, sprawling over a half sq.kms.
This two storeyed mansion has a mixed architecture with three high domes (the
centre one being 86' high). The magnificiant tiled floor, carved wooden ceiling
and beautifully carfted doors are particularly noteable.
The palace was built by Radha Kishore Manikya in 1990. Its well laid out gardens
have two large tanks on either side of and the fountains are laid out in the
patterns of the Mughal gardens. The palace is floodlit at night.
Agartala, the state capital, is connected by road with Guwahati via Shillong
by National Highway No. 44. It takes about 24 hrs. by road from Guwahati to
reach Agartala. There are flight connections with Calcutta and Guwahati. Ujjayanta
Palace is a modern building of the royal house of Tripura and is located in
the heart of Agartala, sprawling over a half sq.kms.
This two storeyed mansion has a mixed architecture with three high domes (the
centre one being 86' high). The magnificiant tiled floor, carved wooden ceiling
and beautifully carfted doors are particularly noteable. The palace was built
by Radha Kishore Manikya in 1990. Its well laid out gardens have two large tanks
on either side of and the fountains are laid out in the patterns of the Mughal
gardens. The palace is floodlit at night.
The main attractions in Agartala are 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.
