Mata Tripureswari Temple at Udaipur
It is located 58 Km. away from Agartala and 3 Km. away
from Udaipur which is the District Head Quarter of South
Tripura District. This temple is one of the 51 pithasthans in
India as per Hindu mythology. As per mythology, Lord
Vishnu had cut off the body of Mata Sati into 51 pieces by
Sudarshana Chakra and all these pieces fell at different places
throughout the country and these places are known as
pithasthans. It is said that 'right foot' of Mata Sati fell at Matabari.
This pithasthan is also known as Kurma Pith because the shape of the temple premises resembles to that of "Kurma" namely tortoise. Inside the temple, the idol of Maa Kali is kept which is made of 'reddish black Kastic pathar.' Maa Kali is worshipped in her 'Soroshi' form in this temple. There is an idol of smaller size of Maa Kali called 'Chotto Maa 'and this image used to be carried by Maharajas of Tripura during "Mrigaya" namely hunting and also during war.
The temple consists of square type sanctum of the typical Bengali hut type structure with a conical dome. The temple was constructed in 1501 A.D. by the then Maharaja Dhanya Manikya.
In the eastern side of the temple there is a famous Kalyan Sagar where fishes and tortoises of huge size are found and devotees feed them with "muri" and biscuits. No fishing is permitted in the Kalyan Sagar.
Every year on Dewali, a famous Mela takes place near the temple which is visited by more than two lakhs pilgrims.
There is a wayside amenity near the temple where pilgrims can go and stay. In addition, Tourist Lodge is being constructed at Udaipur.
Fourteen Goddess Temple
It is located about 14 Km. away from Agartala at a place called Old Agartala. In the face of continued fight with Shamser Gazi, Maharaja Krishna Manikya had shifted the capital from Udaipur to Old Agartala. It continued to be the capital till it was shifted to Agartala. Near the sacred 14 goddess temple during the month of July every year a Kharchi festival is organised and thousands of pilgrims and devotees visit this festival.
Bhuveneshwari temple
On the right bank of river Gomati at Udaipur is found the ruins of
a big palace built by Maharaja Govinda Manikya (1660-75
A.D.). The Bhuveneswari temple is situated adjacent to this
palace. It finds close literary reference in Great poet
Rabindranath Tagore’s novels and drama namely ‘Bisharjan’
and ‘Rajarshi’
In addition Buddha temple, Jagannath temple, Laxminarayan temple, Uma Maheswari temple, Durga temple in Agartala and Mahadev temple at Udaipur also attract the visiting tourists.
