Tripura Castle :-

Tripura Castle in Meghalaya is located in Cleve Colony of Shillong at the Tripura Castle Road.The place is easily accessible through any local transport of Shillong.Nearest railway station and airport is at Guwahati.

It is situated in Agartala the capital of Tripura state.It can be easily reached from Tripura by cab or a tourist bus.Agartala on the other hand can be reached from Gwahati Calcutta and New Delhi via air.The Magnificent Castle is situated in Agartala.

It covers an area of approximately one square km.The beautiful walls of the palace encase public halls such as the Throne Room the Durbar Hall Courtroom Library and the reception.

Then there is the Chinese Room which was made by Chinese artists who were called from China especially for this work.Then there are fountains around the palace with the grand one at the entrance of the Palace.

It is a two storied Palace with three large domes which rests atop a four storied central tower.There are the Gardens in the palace on the lines of Mughal Gardens with fountains and two artificial ponds on the either side.

History :-

The King Radha Kishore Manikya was the architect of this palace who thought of making this Fort.It costed 1millon rupees to make this magnificent Palace.After the older palace 10kms away from the newr one was destroyed by an earthquake in 1897 this one was built to replace the old one.

In 1949 the kingdom of Tripura was merged in the Indian legislative and so was the palace.

Tourists Attractions :-

1.Unakoti :-

Though its quite far far away from Agartala About 178 kms this Shaiba Pilgrimage Shrine is worth visiting for the ones interested in visiting pilgrims.Unakothi means one less than a crore and it has those 7th 8th century rock cut carvings with primitive waterfalls.This place gets its name from the mythology that when Lord Shiva God of Destruction was going to Kashi another pilgrimage with one crore Gods and Godesses he made a night halt here.Next morning no one other than Shiva himself could get up so the God set affoot alone cursing the others to become stone.And hence the name and hence the one less than crore carvings.