Agartala
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.
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