PLACES OF INTEREST
Ujjayanta Palace
Ujjayanta
Palace, the famous royal house which stands at the
heart of the city within a compound covering an area
of one sq. kms was built by Maharaja Radhakishore
Manikya in 1901. This palace is set with the huge
Mughal style gardens, beautified pools and fountains,
magnificent tiled floors, curved wooden ceiling and
beautiful crafted doors.
Flood
lighting and fountains have also added to its beauty.
The palace is a two storied mansion having a mixed
type of architecture with three high domes, the central
one being 86' high. It has well laid garden parks
all around it and two large tanks on two sides with
the leading road in between them. The water courses
and fountains are laid in the pattern of Mughal garden.
Neermahal
It is about 55 Km. away from Agartala. This palace
was constructed as a summer resort in 1930 by late
Maharaja
Birbikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur in
the middle of a natural lake called Rudrasagar having
an area of 5.35 Sq.Km. The construction was undertaken
by Martin & Burn Co. and it is the only lake
palace in the entire eastern India. A good combination
of Hindu and Mughal architecture is noticed on the
domes of the palace. There are mainly two parts of
the palace - one on the western side known as Andar
Mahal
which
was used by the royal family and another on the eastern
side which was used for the security personnel and
servants. There are 15 rooms in the main Andar Mahal.
There is a beautiful garden laid in the western side
of the palace. In the garden there is an open stage
where drama, theatre, etc. use to be organised. Maharajas
used to go by motor boat to the palace from Rajghat.
There is a motor boat ghat inside the palace upto
which the motor boat could go and there are two stairs
at the motor boat ghat - one for Maharaja and one
for Maharani. Flood lighting of the palace has been
arranged in the evening. In addition, water sports
facilities are being extended. The palace is being
renovated and museum depicting the royal life style
will be set up inside the palace. In addition, Light
& Sound show on the historical past and cultural heritage
of Tripura is going to be organised in the palace.
There is a tourist lodge managed by state government
named 'Sagar Mahal' on the bank of Rudrasagar
lake, where tourists can comfortably stay.
Devtamura
Devtamura is situated on the bank of river Gomati between Udaipur and Amarpur. It is about 75 kms away from Agartala and is also known as peak of gods. There are numerous rock cut images on vertical walls on the bank of river Gomati. This is also called Chabinmura. There are huge carved images of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Kartika, Mahisasur Mardini Durga and other gods and goddesses. These images date back to 15th-16th centuries. The peaks of the Gods or Devtamura, as it is called, is an extensive range of hills situated in between Udaipur and Amarpur sub-divisions. These have become a place of tourists' interest owing to a multitude of images found carved on the hills facing the river Gomati. It is really interesting to see such a good number of images carved high up on the steep rocky wall of the hill covered with thick jungles. Rowing in boat from Amarpur towards Udaipur for about three hours, tourist may visualise one wall of stone which is about 20 meters in height. The pannel of five Gods and Goddesses is nine metre and 80 centimeters in height and in breadth it is about 5 meters and 80 centimeters. If one advances more, he will find as many as 37 rock-cut images. No where in the N. E. States there exitsts such picturesque sculptures.