Tripura Government Museum

Best time in the west of Tripura in Agartala, the capital city of Tripura in India.
Tripura Government Museum in Tripura
The Tripura Government to Travel : October to March.

Location : Located Museum in Agartala, Tripura was established in the year 1970. The museum contains some of the rare stone images, old coins, and archaeological articles from Tripura. The museum also houses some very exquisite items of stone and other archeological items excavated from the adjoining areas, Bengal Kantha embroidery, sculptures and the 8th-10th century Buddhist sculptures from Pilak. This is the most ideal place to see and know about the culture and tradition of Tripura's past and present. You will also find numerous work of art and architecture, giving you an insight into the ancient Tripura.

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

Railheads : The two nearest railway stations from Agartala are Kumarghat (160 kms) and Dharmanagar (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 roads connect Agartala with Silchar- 288 kms, Guwahati- 599 kms, Shillong- 499 kms, Dharmanagar- 200 kms. Tripura Road Transport Corporation buses connect Silchar, Shillong and Dharmanagar to Agartala.

Staying near Tripur
Tripura Government Museum is important to the tourists, students, general public and research scholars to know about the History & Culture of past and present people of the State.
Sculpture:-Most of the sculptures acquired and displayed so far are from Udaipur, Pilak, Jolaibari and other sites of Tripura. Out of them, the sculptures from Pilak are the exquisite collections, depicting mixed culture of both Hindu and Buddhist pantheon. they are famous itself for the style and variety of theme. The sculptures are mostly dated back to 9^th to 13^thcent. A. D. Most of the sculptures and made of sand stone and for that the formation of sculpture is very crude in nature.Low relief Dasavatar panels collected from Radhanagar in the vicinity of Agartala dated back to 18^th cent. A. D. is the exquisite pieces of sculpture. From these sculptures we get local influence in their formation, style and anthropomorphic details.
Terracotta:-Most of the terracotta figures collected in its Museum is from Pilak and Amarpur. Some terracotta figures belonging to Bengal School, contributed by Sri Dinesh Ch. Sen, Historian, are our prized collection. Terracotta's of Pilak symbolizes a unique craftsmanship of the folk traditions as prevailed in greater Bengal and the rest having mythological themes, floral designs, animal motifs etc. Because of poor firing and clay, the qualities of the terracottas found in Pilak are not good like those of Bengal.
Bronze Images:-Bronze images of Triprua are no less important in moldings technique, theme, variety and unique craftsmanship. Some of the important collections are of miniature Mukhalinga Avalokitesvara, Tara and Vishnu etc.
Coins:-The most ancient coin of the Tripura rulers so far discovered is that of Maharaja Ratna Manikya (1464 A.D.) the 145^th King of the state.

The Characteristics of coins of Tripura.                                    

(a)Mostly made of silver and copper, some gold coins are also in collection.
(b)Coronation, pilgrimage, conquest etc. types of commemorative coins are the general collection.
(c)Queen’s name along with king inscribed on the coin e.g. obverse of the coin depicts the legend, "Sivadurgapada, Srijuta Dharma Manikya Deva, and Sri Dharmasila Mahadevi.
(d)Iconographic symbol is also found on the coin.
(e)The script of the coins is in Bengali and partly Assamese. The language is Sanskrit.
Paintings:-Paintings are mostly acquired from the Royal House of Tripura on permanent donation. the paintings are mainly belonging to the life size portraits of the rulers of the State. There are some paintings of non-Indian origin. Some sketches and drawings of famous artists like Nandalal Bose, Gagan Thakur and Dhiren Krishna Deb Barma are the most valuable collection of this Museum.
Tribal Sculpture Gallery:-Tripura being a land of various ethnic groups, an attempt has been made to depict the material culture of the major tribes of Tripura. Some of the unique collections of ornaments, musical instruments and textiles used by them in different stages of life are shown through models and diorama.
Development of new galleries:-The Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata has come forward with a project for the development of a big hall into a photographic gallery on "Hill shapes of India" which is under progress.
The Indian Museum, Kolkata has remodeled a big room for exhibition the folk & tribal crafts of Tripura. The famous bamboo and cane made objects; sculptures on wood curving and ivory are its special attraction.
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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.