Rudrasagar Lake
Melaghar, Tripura, India
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Neermahal
Tripura
A fairy-tale 'water palace' floating in Rudrasagar Lake — red-and-white domes blending Hindu and Mughal lines, built as the Manikya kings' summer retreat and reached by boat as herons skim the hyacinth. The northeast's answer to Udaipur.
Boxanagar Buddhist Stupa
Sonamura, Tripura
Excavated remains of a 7th–8th century Buddhist stupa and chaityagriha near the Bangladesh border — proof of Samatata-era Buddhism in Tripura.
Mahadeb Dighi
Udaipur, Tripura
Another of old Rangamati's royal tanks, part of the chain of dighis that earned Udaipur its 'city of lakes' name under the Manikya kings.
Tripura Sundari Temple
Udaipur, Tripura
One of the 51 Shakti Peethas — where Sati's right foot fell — the 1501 'Matabari' whose kurma-shaped mound gives the goddess her turtle-back shrine.
Kalyan Sagar
Udaipur, Tripura
The sacred tank beside Tripura Sundari temple where giant softshell turtles and fish rise to pilgrims' puffed rice — netting forbidden for 500 years.
Tepania Eco Park
Udaipur, Tripura
A forest eco park on the Udaipur road with hanging bridges, treehouses and orchid trails through moist deciduous woodland.
Gunabati Temple Group
Udaipur, Tripura
Three brick temples of 1668 raised by Maharani Gunabati — Bengal-style char-chala shrines in Udaipur's old temple town.
Jagannath Dighi Udaipur
Udaipur, Tripura
One of Udaipur's great royal tanks (17th century), fronted by the ruined Jagannath temple — the 'lake city' of Tripura at its calmest.
Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary
Bishalgarh, Tripura
An 18.5 sq km woodland of clouded leopards, spectacled langurs and migratory birds around a boating lake — Tripura's flagship wildlife day out.
Bhubaneswari Temple Udaipur
Udaipur, Tripura
The 17th-century Gomati-bank temple immortalised by Tagore's play 'Visarjan' and novel 'Rajarshi' — riverside ruins full of literary ghosts.
Clouded Leopard National Park
Bishalgarh, Tripura
India's only park named for the elusive clouded leopard — a 5 sq km core of Sepahijala where the cats breed in semi-natural forest.