Ben: আগরতলা āgaratalā ‘Agar Forest’ City/Capital, Tripura. Ben/Skt/Hin: aguru/agar, ‘aloe-wood’ [Aquilaria malaccensis]; and tala, ‘surface’, ‘cover’, ‘floor’ Agartala is the capital of Tripura and the second largest city in the North East after...
‘Place of Mangoes’ — Town, Tripura. From Skt/Ben: amba, ‘mango’ + a locative suffix. The name hints at the old groves that fed the region’s settlements. The town sits close to the green belt of the Dhalai district, gateway to tribal villages and forest tracks....
‘Place of Mangoes’ – Town, Tripura. From Skt/Ben: bēl (wood-apple), the fruit of Aegle marmelos. + the locative suffix -nia. A pleasant southern town ringed by orchards, ponds and low hills. It marks one of the key Indo-Bangladesh border points and...
‘Resting Place’ Town, Tripura. From Skt/Ben: bishram, ‘rest’, once a halt for caravans and travellers heading north–south across the state. Today it’s a small but growing market town on the Agartala–Udaipur corridor. For related place names see Indian Place names...
‘City of Dharma’ – Town, Tripura. From Skt: dharma, ‘(moral) law’. A northern crossroads town whose name reflects its old reputation as a centre of ritual, pilgrimage and fairgrounds. Close to the Bangladesh border, it sits on one of Tripura’s busiest...
‘City of Kailash’ Town, Tripura. From Kailasha, the abode of Shiva. Once the headquarters of the ancient Tripura kingdom, today it is a quiet town surrounded by tea gardens and monsoon-green hills, with old temples tucked between bamboo groves. For related place...
‘Slab or Flat Stone’ — Town, Tripura A remarkable archaeological zone where Buddhist, Shaiva and Shakta sculptures lie scattered across paddy fields and bamboo clusters — a landscape of half-hidden shrines, stone faces and terracotta fragments. For...
The ‘Seven Sisters’ are a family of seven states on the North Eastern Region (NER) of India: Arunachal Pradesh (ArP), Assam (Asm), Manipur (Man), Meghalaya (Meg), Mizoram (Miz), Nagaland (Nag), Tripura (Tri). Sikkim is usually included as a brother state....
‘Golden Settlement’ Town, Tripura. From Skt: sona, ‘gold’, referring to fertile soils along the Gumti River. This border town is known for its carved bamboo craft and gentle riverside landscape. It is known also by its epithet, “Heaven of Tripura” For...
‘City of Uday Manikya’ Town, Tripura. Formerly Rangamati, it was renamed in 1567 by the king who seized the throne and made it his capital. A town of lakes, ghats and shrines, it is home to the great Tripura Sundari Temple, one of India’s major Shakta centres. The...
