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Agartala
Travel to Agartala, a city filled with people of diverse cultures and
backgrounds. Your Agartala travel offers some outstandingly beautiful
palaces, gardens, hills, temples and lakes. Perfection is the word for the
architectural monuments that grace this city.Your Agartala tour provides
various opportunities for the tourists to explore beautiful palaces,
gardens, hills, temples and lakes, which attracts tourists to visit this
city over and over again.
Agartala is located in the western part of Tripura, astride the Haroa River. It is 1680 km from Calcutta and 599 km from Guwahati. National Highway No. 44 connects Agartala to Guwahati via Shillong. It takes about 24 hours by road from Guwahati to reach Agartala. The journey time by road between Dhaka and Agartala is approximately 3 hours.
The best time to visit Agartala is between October and April. Towards the extremes of this period, one might experience a few showers, but these are quite refreshing. The town is known for its cultural and historical worth, and one can easily notice bright bamboo and cloth umbrellas over ponds. Such parasols are part of the tribal customs of grandsons commemorating the deaths of their grandfathers on their anniversaries.
Agartala is located in the western part of Tripura, astride the Haroa River. It is 1680 km from Calcutta and 599 km from Guwahati. National Highway No. 44 connects Agartala to Guwahati via Shillong. It takes about 24 hours by road from Guwahati to reach Agartala. The journey time by road between Dhaka and Agartala is approximately 3 hours.
The best time to visit Agartala is between October and April. Towards the extremes of this period, one might experience a few showers, but these are quite refreshing. The town is known for its cultural and historical worth, and one can easily notice bright bamboo and cloth umbrellas over ponds. Such parasols are part of the tribal customs of grandsons commemorating the deaths of their grandfathers on their anniversaries.
Getting There:
Air : Agartala is connected by airlines flights with
Calcutta, Guwahati, Delhi.
Rail: The two nearest railway stations are Kumarghat (160
kms) and Dharama Nagar (200 kms). Both the stations on the North-East
Frontier Railway, connected with Lumding & Guwahati, where as Lumding and
Guwahati are connected with Calcutta and other major stations in India.
Road : Good motorable raods connect Agartala with Silchar-
288 kms, Guwahati 599 kms, Shillong 499 kms, Dharmanagar- 200 kms. Tripura
Road Transport Corporation buses connect Silchar, Shillong and Dharma Nagar
to Agartala.
Tourist Attractions:
Ujjayanta Palace, Agartala
This royal house, which stands in the Capital city Agartala covering one
sq.Km. area was built by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya 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. Flood lighting and fountains have also
added to its beauty.
Kunjaban Palace, Agartala
A green hillock known as Kunjaban ( a bower) for its scenic beauty stands 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’. The Maharaja himself being gifted artist is said to
have drawn the plan of the palace and its adjoining garden.
Old Agartala
Five miles from Agartala is Old Agartala, famous for its shrine of the
Chaturdas Devta Bari - temple of fourteen Gods. The images represent, only
the heads of the gods and goddesses, worshipped here, and are made of an
alloy of eight metals.
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