| The city of Agartala is vastly enriched with flora & fauna. The state of Tripura provides an exotic world that is full of suspense. Agartala is the capital of Tripura and climbed on the ladders of being known as one of the prominet states in Tripura only after Maharaja Krishna Manikya made Agartala his capital. This state of Tripura is surrounded on north, west and south by Bangladesh and on the east by the state of Mizoram, and on the northeast by the state of Assam. Agartala, offers a lot of various activies for the tourists with beautiful palaces, gardens, hills, temples and lakes, all this and much more is what attracts tourists to visit this city over and over again.
Agartala is a city that is filled with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds this due to the fact that the state is completely surrounded by diffrent states and Agartala itself is situated just a couple of miles from Bangladesh.
Agartala offers some outstandingly beautiful palaces, gardens, hills, temples and lakes. Perfection is the word for the architectural monuments that grace this city. The red government buildings are in contrast against the remarkably usually white old British buildings that are still in existence and in use.
Agartala is well connected by airlines flights with Calcutta, Guwahati, Delhi.
The two nearest railway stations are Kumarghat (160 kms) and Dharama Nagar (200 kms). Both the stations on the North-East Frontier Railway, connectedby 203/204 Tripura Passanger with Lumding & Guwahati, where as Lumding and Guwahati are connected with Calcutta and other major stations in India.
Good motorable roads connect Agartala with Silchar- 288 kms, Guwahati- 599 kms, Shillong- 499 kms, Dharmanagar- 200 kms.
Tourist Attractions
Ujjayanta Palace, Kunjavan Palace, Jagannath Temple, BenuVan Vihar, Maharaja Veer Vikram College, Old Agartala, Buddha Vihar, Rabindra Kanan, State Museum (1000-1700 hrs. Closed on Sundays). |
