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Tripura
Sundari
Temple is
a Hindu
temple of
the
Goddess Tripura
Sundari,
better
known
locally
as Devi
Tripureshwari.
The
temple
is
situated
in
the
ancient
city
of Udaipur,
about
55 km
from Agartala, Tripura and
can
be
reached
by
train
and
road
from
Agartala.
It
is
believed
to
be
one
of
the
holiest Hindu shrines
in
this
part
of
the
country
and
witnesses
the
highest
number
of
visitors
for
a
temple
in
North-East
India,
after Kamakhya
Temple in Assam.
The
state
of
Tripura
is
named
after
this
temple.
Popularly
known
as Matabari,
the
shrine
is
set
upon
a
small
hillock
that
resembles
the
hump
of
a
tortoise
(Kurma).
This
shape
called Kurmapṛṣṭhākṛti is
considered
the
holiest
possible
site
for
a Shakti temple,
hence
also
bestowing
the
name
of Kurma
Pīṭha.The
Goddess
is
served
by
traditional
Brahmin
priests.
The
temple
is
considered
to
be
one
of
the
51 Shakti
Peethas;
legend
says
that
the
little
finger
of
the
left
leg
of Sati fell
here.
Here,
Shakti
is
worshipped
as
Tripurasundarī
and
the
accompanying
Bhairava
is
Tripuresh.
The
main
shrine,
a
cubical
edifice
with
a
three-tier
roof
with
a
finial,
erected
by
Maharaja
of
Tripura Dhanya
Manikya in
1501
AD,
is
constructed
in
the Bengali Ek-ratna style.
There
are
two
similar
but
different
sized
black
stone
idols
of
the
Goddess
in
the
sanctum
sanctorum
of
the
temple.
The
larger
and
more
prominent
idol
of
5 feet
height
is
of
Goddess Tripura
Sundari and
the
smaller
one,
adorably
called Chhoto-Ma (literally,
Little
Mother),
is
2 feet
tall
and
is
an
idol
of
Goddess Chandi.
The
smaller
idol
was
said
to
have
been
carried
by
the
kings
of
Tripura
to
the
battlefield
as
well
as
to
hunting
expeditions.
Every
year
on
the
occasion
of Diwali,
a
famous
Mela
takes
place
near
the
temple
which
is
visited
by
more
than
0.2
million
pilgrims
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