Tour Furnished below
AGARTALA- JAMPUI- UNAKOTI- KAMALASAGAR- TEPANIA- UDAIPUR- NEERMAHAL- SEPAHIJALA
DAY 1 – START FROM KOLKATA
DAY 2-TRAIN [NO EXTRA DAY FOR FLIGHT]
DAY 3- AGARTALA &N/S
• UJJAYANTA PALACE – PALACE OF THE TRIPURA KINGS, WAS CONVERTED TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND NOW INTO A MUSEUM, SITUATED IN THE AREA OF PALACE COMPOUND IS ONE OF THE EYE CATCHING ATTRACTION IN THE STATE. ITS A FORMER ROYAL PALACE IN AGARTALA, AND ALSO SERVED AS THE MEETING PLACE OF THE TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY UNTIL 2011. THE AREA HAS DECODED FROM THE RULING LANDMARK OF THE KINGS TO THE CITIZENS. TOURS ARE CONDUCTED BY THE TRIPURA TOURISM DEPARTMENT. THE NAME UJJAYANTA PALACE WAS GIVEN BY THE POET RABINDRANATH TAGORE, WHO VISITED THE STATE OF TRIPURA QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES. MAHARAJA BIR BIKRAM WAS THE LAST KING OF TRIPURA AND THE LAST KING WHO STAYED IN HIS HOUSE IN THE PALACE. IT HAS NOW BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A MUSEUM NAMED UJJAYANTA MUSEUM.
• JAGANNATH TEMPLE — HINDU TEMPLE OF THE VAISHNAVA SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.
• MALANCHA NIVAS
• AGARTALA AMUSEMENT PARK AMTALI
• INDO- BANGLA BORDER ICP & PURBASHA
• HERITAGE PARK: THE MOST VISITED OF ALL THE PARKS IN THE CITY, THE MOST NOTABLE FEATURES HERE ARE THE MINIATURE MODELS OF VARIOUS MONUMENTS OF THE STATE, THE AYURVEDIC HERB-GARDEN AND THE FOUNTAIN.
• COLLEGE TILLA – MAHARAJA BIR BIKRAM COLLEGE, TRIPURA UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, FOOTBALL GROUND, INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM, PICTURESQUE LUSH LANDSCAPES AND SERENE NATURAL LAKES. IT IS ALSO A NATIONAL BIRD SANCTUARY
• RABINDRA KANAN: A PARK IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORMER RAJ BHAVAN OF TRIPURA AND THE MALANCHA NIVAS, THIS PARK ANNUALLY HOLDS THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE, AFTER WHOM THE PARK IS NAMED. IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE HERITAGE PARK.
• LEMBUCHERRA PARK: THE LATEST ADDITION TO AGARTALA'S PARKS
• NEHRU PARK
• CHILDREN'S PARK
• TRIPURA STATE MUSEUM IS LOCATED AT THE UJJAYANTA PALACE.
• SCIENCE MUSEUM, LOCATED IN SUKANTA ACADEMY
• HAVELI MUSEUM, LOCATED IN KASHIPUR
DAY 4- JUMPUI & N/S
BY ROAD
JAMPUI HILLS CAN BE REACHED VIA ROAD FROM AGARTALA (198 KM), DHARMANAGAR ( 70 KM), PANISAGAR (60 KM)
TRAIN-
ABOUT AGTL LMG EXPRESS (15696) AGTL LMG EXPRESS RUNS BETWEEN AGARTALA RAILWAY STATION AND LUMDING JUNCTION. REGARDING AGTL LMG EXPRESS TIMINGS, THIS TRAIN DEPARTS AT 16:15 FROM THE SOURCE STATION TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION STATION AT 11:15
DAY 5- JUMPUI & N/S
• A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AT JAMPUI HILLS
• ORANGE FESTIVAL
DAY 6 UNAKOTI & N/S [115 KM]
ATTRACTION OF UNAKOTI
ALTHOUGH APART FROM THE LEGENDARY STORIES WHICH RAISE CURIOSITY; HISTORY AND AUTHENTICATED INFORMATION OF UNAKOTI VERIFY THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE SCULPTURES AND IDOLS MIGHT BE CREATED BETWEEN EIGHT AND NINE CENTURY OR BEFORE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SHAIVA PILGRIMAGE DESTINATION. SO THERE HAVE A NUMBER OF SHIVA IDOLS. THE RAGHUNANDAN HILLS SIDES AND STONE HAD BEEN CARVED AND GIVE THE FORM OF DIFFERENT HINDU GODS AND GODDESS IDOLS WHICH ARE LOCATED AT A BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED FOREST AREA WITH GREEN VEGETATION ALL AROUND. THE STATUE OF UNAKOTISWAR/KALBHOIRABH SHIVA IS 30 FEET TALL INCLUDING A 10 FEET CROWN ON THE HEAD OF LORD SHIVA. ONE SIDE OF THE CROWN HAS A SCULPTURE OF GODDESS DURGA STANDING ON A LION AND GODDESS GANGA IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. IN ADDITION TO THIS HUGE STATUE OF UNAKOTISWAR, THERE HAVE MANY SCULPTURES OF OTHERS GODS AND GODDESS LIKE KALBHAIRAVA, CHANDRASHEKHAR SHIVA, KAMDEV WITH ARROWS & BOW, TRIMURTI (BRAHMA, VISHNU, MAHESHWAR ALL-TOGETHER), NRISINGHA, RADHA-KRISHNA, HANUMAN, SARASWATI, UMA-MAHESHWAR, SHANI, NANDI, ETC. SOME OTHER IMPORTANT SCULPTURES AT UNAKOTI ARE A GIGANTIC GANESH AND A QUADRATURE VISHNU IDOL. LARGE STATUES ENGRAVED ON THE STONE ARE REALLY ASTONISHING. TO SEE THESE IDOLS SPREAD OVER A LARGE PART OF THE HILL, YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE ROAD OF HILLY TERRAIN. GUIDANCE OF A RECOGNIZED GUIDE MAY BE HELPFUL FOR A SHORT TOUR AT UNAKOTI.
A LARGE FAIR IS HELD ON THE OCCASION OF ASHOKASHTAMI FESTIVAL IN MARCH-APRIL IN UNAKOTI EVERY YEAR. THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS COME FROM FAR AND NEAR TO WORSHIP HERE. OTHER SMALLER FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN JANUARY. NOT ONLY AT THE FESTIVE TIME, BUT TOURIST HAS GATHERED AT UNAKOTI THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
DAY 7- KAMALASAGAR & N/S [158KM]
THE RICH HERITAGE OF TRIPURA VIVIDLY REFLECTS IN ITS TEMPLES LIKE KAMLASAGAR KALI. BESIDES BEING A KNOWN TEMPLE, KAMALASAGAR KALI TEMPLE ALSO ATTRACTS TOURISTS BECAUSE OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY. IT IS ALSO KNOW AS KASBA KALI BARI TEMPLE. IT IS LOCATED ON A HILLOCK OVERLOOKING A BEAUTIFUL LAKE NAMED KAMALA SAGAR. THE LAKE AT THE BORDER OF BANGLADESH OFFERS WONDERFUL VIEWS OF ITS SURROUNDINGS AND IS OFTEN FLOCKED BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOR PICNIC. THIS HUGE LAKE WAS MADE BY MAHARAJA DHANYA MANIKYA BAHADUR IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY.
THE KAMALASAGAR KALI TEMPLE HOUSES AN IMAGE OF THE GODDESS THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT OF DASABHUJA DURGA OR MAHISHASURMARDINI. THE IMAGE IS MADE OF SANDSTONE WHICH IS WORSHIPPED AS MA KALI. THERE IS A SHIVLANGAM PRESENT AT THE FEET OF THE IMAGE, GIVING THE TEMPLE ITS NAME KALIBARI. DEVOTEES FLOCK TO THIS TEMPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS ESPECIALLY DURING FESTIVALS. THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY.
DAY 8- TEPANIA VIA UDAIPUR & N/S UDAIPUR/TEPANIA
• TEPANIA ECO PARK
• TRIPURA SUNDARI TEMPLE- UDAIPUR IS DOTTED WITH TEMPLES THE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH IS THE TRIPURA SUNDARI TEMPLE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE 51 SHAKTI PEETHAS. THE TEMPLE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY MAHARAJA DHANYA MANIKYA DEBBARMA IN 1501. THERE IS A BIG LAKE BESIDE THE TEMPLE KNOWN AS KALYAN SAGAR. BHUBANESHWARI TEMPLE IS ANOTHER FAMOUS TEMPLE HERE. GUNABATI TEMPLE, JAGANNATH TEMPLE, MAHADEV TEMPLE ARE OTHER FAMOUS TEMPLES. UDAIPUR IS ALSO KNOWN AS "LAKE CITY" AND HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL LAKES.SOME OF THEM ARE JAGANNATH DIGHI, MAHADEV DIGHI, AMAR SAGAR, DHANISAGAR AND AS MENTIONED ABOVE, KALYAN SAGAR.IT ALSO HAS A NATIONAL LIBRARY NAMED "NAZRUL GRANTHAGAR",AFTER KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM. TEPANIA ECO PARK, PURAN RAJBARI ETC ARE OTHER ATTRACTIONS OF UDAIPUR. IT IS CALLED THE TOURISM CAPITAL OF TRIPURA.
• JAGANNATH-BARI TEMPLE
• MAHADEV-BARI TEMPLE
• HARI MANDIR
• SATSANGHA BIHAR, UDAIPUR
• LOKNATH TEMPLE
• RAMKRISHNA ASHRAM
• BASANTI MANDIR
• RAMTHAKUR ASHRAM
• BHUBANESWARI TEMPLE
• DURGA MANDIR
• DUMBOOR LAKE
DAY 9- SHEPAHIJALA N/S VIA RUDHRASAGAR AND NEERMAHAL
SHEPAHIJALA
ONE HOUR JOURNEY TO SHEPAHIJALA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. IT HOUSES THE ONLY ZOO IN INDIA WHICH IS INSIDE A SANCTUARY. SPREAD ACROSS AN AREA OF 18.5 KM, THE SHEPHAIJALA IS HOME TO THE RARE HOOLOCK GIBBON AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF SPECIES OF RESIDENTIAL AND MIGRATORY BIRDS. THERE’S A LOT YOU CAN DO HERE - VISIT THE ZOO AND THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, AS WELL AS ENJOY ELEPHANT RIDES AND BOATING TOO! AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THE ANIMALS,
NEERMAHAL
DRIVE TOWARDS NEERMAHAL, NEERMAHAL IS SARROUNDING BY RUDHRA SAGAR,THE GRAND AND IMPRESSIVE ‘LAKE PALACE OF TRIPURA’. WE WILL HAVE OUR LUNCH AT GUEST HOUSE BY THE LAKE. THE NEER-MAHAL (WATER PALACE / PALACE ON WATER) IS THE ‘ONLY LAKE PALACE’ IN ALL OF INDIA’S NORTHEAST. THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF THIS HERITAGE PALACE ARE ITS OPEN-AIR-THEATRE, THE ANDAR MAHAL, THE SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW, AND THE GLORIOUS COMBINATION OF HINDU AND MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE. AFTER ENJOYING THE BOAT RIDE.
DAY10- SEPAHIJALA TO AGARTALA-FLIGHT
OR AGARTALA-KOLKATA [KANCHANKANYA EXP]
N.B:
JAMPUI HILLS
JAMPUI HILLS IS SITUATED ABOUT 200 KM. AWAY FROM AGARTALA AND IS THE HIGHEST HILL RANGE IN THE STATE BORDERING MIZORAM. THIS PERMANENT SEAT OF ETERNAL SPRING IS SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3000’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL. DURING NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR, THE UNIQUE ORANGE & TOURISM FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN THE JAMPUI HILL. A LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN, PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY THIS FESTIVAL. THE RAINY SEASON IS NO LESS CHARMING. DURING THIS SEASON THE HILL IS COVERED WITH FLOATING CLOUDS AND IT PROVIDES A RARE EXPERIENCE FOR THE TOURISTS. THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL RANGE AND ITS GRADUAL ASCENDANCE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP SLOWLY ENGULFING THE WHOLE HILL RANGE IN ITS MYSTIC LAP IS AN EXPERIENCE TO TREASURE.
THE VIEW OF RISING AND SETTING SUN FROM VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS IN JAMPUI HILLS IS A WONDERFUL SIGHT FOR THE TOURISTS. TOURISTS VISITING THE JAMPUI HILL CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THE VIEW OF THE SUNSET AND THE SUNRISE. VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS IN THE HILL RANGE PROVIDE EXCELLENT PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE VALLEY AND VILLAGES OF MIZORAM. FROM THE WATCHTOWER AT THE HIGHEST PEAK, BETLINGCHIP(3200 FEET HIGH), THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS, THE KANCHANPUR – DASDA VALLEY OTHER HILL RANGES OF TRIPURA AND MIZORAM UNFOLD AN ENIGMATIC SCENIC VISTA.
DUMBOOR LAKE
IS A CHARMING WATER BODY LOCATED IN GANDACHERRA SUB DIVISION 120 KM. AWAY FROM AGARTALA. THE LOOK OF THE LAKE IS LIKE TABOUR SHAPED SMALL DRUM, “DUMBOOR” OF LORD SHIVA FROM WHICH THE NAME “DUMBOOR” ORIGINATES. A MASSIVE AND BREATHTAKING WATER BODY OF 41 SQ.KM. WITH AN UNENDING SPELL OF LUXURIANT GREEN VEGETATION ALL AROUND STANDS MAJESTIC FOR HER EXCEEDINGLY CHARMING BEAUTY AND 48 ISLANDS IN THE MIDST OF THE LAKE. MIGRATORY BIRDS AND WATER SPORTS FACILITIES ARE ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS. THERE IS A HYDEL PROJECT NEAR THE LAKE FROM WHERE RIVER GOMATI ORIGINATES AND THIS IS CALLED TIRTHAMUKH WHERE ON 14TH JANUARY EVERY YEAR FAMOUS ‘POUS SANKRANTI MELA’ TAKES PLACE. THE LAKE IS THE CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS RAIMA AND SARMA. VARIOUS SPECIES OF MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE VISIBLE IN THE WINTER AND IT HAS RICH RESERVOIR OF NATURAL AND CULTURED FISHES. IN ONE OF A KIND THE ISLAND “NARKEL KUNJA” HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
PILAK
IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE IMPRESSIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF TRIPURA, THEN PILAK IN SOUTH TRIPURA'S BELONIA SUBDIVISION IS THE BEST BET. THE HISTORY OF THESE HISTORIC RELICS DATES BACK TO THE EIGHTH AND THE NINTH CENTURIES. THEY SPEAK OODLES ABOUT THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF THE STATE. PILAK IS A WONDERFUL PLACE IN TERMS OF LOCATION ALSO. IT IS LOCATED AMIDST THE LUSH GREEN VALLEY WHICH ABOUNDS IN PADDY FIELDS.
PILAK LOOKS LIKE A CANVAS DOTTED WITH THE COLOURS OF THE HINDU AND BUDDHIST ART. HERE YOU CAN SEE MANY TERRACOTTA PLAQUES, STUPAS AND STONE FIGURINES OF AVOLOKITESWARA AND IMAGES OF NARASIMHA BELONGING TO THE BUDDHIST PERIOD. THE PLACE HAS A DEEP RELATION WITH MYNAMOTI AND PAHARPUR. RECENTLY NEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP BY THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS HISTORY. THIS PLACE IS 100 KM FROM AGARTALA. ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE AT PILAK PANTHA NIWAS, BAGAFA AND DAKDANGLOW AT SHANTI BAZAAR.
