TRIPURA: PLACES TO VISIT
Tripura is a small state in Northeast India, just to the east of Bangladesh and almost surrounded by it. Tripura does share borders with Mizoram and Assam in the east. Although mostly agrarian and poverty-stricken, Tripura is second in the nation in Literacy rate.
TRIPURA LOCATOR MAP
UTTARAKHAND STATS:
| Total Area: 10,491.69 Sq. Km (4,050.86 Sq. Mi) | Rank: 26th |
| Population (2011): 3,671,032 | Rank: 21st |
| Capital City: Agartala | |
| Literacy Rate: 94.65% | Rank: 2nd |
| HDI Index: | |
| Official Language(s): Bengali, Kokborok | |
| Official Website: www.tripura.nic.in |
AGARTALA ROYAL PALACE
UJJAYANTA PALACE
AERIAL VIEW OF AGARTALA
AGARTALA RAILWAY STATION
AGARTALA AIRPORT
TRIPURA PEOPLE PROFILE
TRIPURA DANCERS
TRIPURI COUPLE IN TRADITIONAL DRESS
GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON, STATE BIRD
FESTIVALS
Kharchi Puja:
(July/August)
The most popular festival, in Tripura, is the worship of the fourteen gods of Tripura and is celebrated in the month of July-August. It ends with sacrifices of cattle to the Earth God. Kharchi means ‘earth’, and the event is in praise of the earth. All the rituals are of tribal origin, meant to wash out sins, performed for seven days at the local temple, and including the sacrifice of goats and pigeons along with other offerings.
STATE SYMBOLS: (COURTESY WIKIPEDIA)
| State animal | Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) | |
| State bird | Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) |  |
| State flower | Indian rose chestnut (Mesua ferrea) |  |
| State tree | Agarwood |  |
| State Seal |  |
TOURIST INFORMATION:
Tripura Tourism Development Corp. Ltd
Phone: +91-0381-2323893, 0381-2325930
Email: tripuratourism09(At)rediffmail(Dot)com
TRIPURA CUISINE
SIGNATURE DISHES OF TRIPURA
TRIPURA LOCATOR MAP
HALUD BHARTA
PORK BHARTA
PANCH PHORON TAARKARI
MISA MACH POORA
POORA MACH
TRIPURA FISH STEW
FISH FRIED RICE
BAMBOO SHOOT FRY