Museums & Palaces

 

State: Tripura, in the north east of India.
Best Time ratio Tvel :October to March.
Location: Ujjayanta Palace is located in Agartala, the capital city of  state Tripura, India.

Know Ujjayanta Palace in Tripura
in 1901 at a cost of 10 lakh of rupees. The palace is set with the huge lughole style gardens, adorned by pools and fountains, the superbly tiled floors, curved wooden ceiling and exquisitely crafted doors. The three strayed mansion has a mixed architecture with three high domes (the centre one being 86' high). Its well laid out gardens have two large tanks on either side and the fountains are laid out in the patterns of the Mughal gardens. The palace is floodlit at night. Ujjayanta Palace, standing in the heart of the capital city Agartala, is a famous royal house, covering an area of one sq. km. Styled in Greek sculpture, Ujjayanta Palace was built by Maharaja Radhakishore Manikaya Bahadur

At one time the Ujjayanta Palace was situated 10 km away from the city. But, as a result of the devastating earthquake in the year 1897, the castle had been destroyed, and latter on rebuilt at the heart of the city. On all sides of the palace complex several temple Complex has been developed. The temples are of Lakshmi-Narayan, Uma-Maheshwari, Kali and Jagannath. These are the place which tourist in large numbers.

The castle is now an Assembly House of Tripura. The newer attraction of the palace is Musical Fountain or Dance of Fountain in tune with music. The scene you must not miss.

Journey to Ujjayanta Palace, Tripura
Airport : Agartala is connected by airlines flights with Calcutta, Guwahati, Delhi.

Railheads : The two nearest railway stations from Agartala are Kumarghat (160 kms) and Dharama Nagar (200 kms). Both the stations on the North-East Frontier Railway, are connected with Lumding & Guwahati, where as Lumding and Guwahati are connected with Calcutta and other major stations in India.

Road Transport : Good motorable raods connect Agartala with Silchar- 288 kms, Guwahati- 599 kms, Shillong 499 kms, Dharmanagar- 200 kms. Tripura Road Transport Corporation buses connect Silchar, Shillong and Dharma Nagar to Agartala.

Staying near Ujjayanta Palace, Tripura
Agartala has a small but good selection of hotels - nothing very luxurious, but something for everyone. All places are comfortably made for the convenience of the tourists from all over. Choice of eating joints places are very limited, your hotel is the obvious place.