Rock-cut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti

Visited February 2024

The biggest challenge is to get to this site. There are no shortcuts, although some roads (most of them) in Tripura look like shortcuts…

The nearest town which has pretty good (or any) connections with the rest of the state of Tripura and the neighbouring state of Assam (and Bangladesh too) is Dharmanagar, 20 km away. It has a train station with some daily trains to/from Agartala (capital of Tripura, the nearest airport, many daily flights to Kolkata) and Silchar in Assam, a bus connection with Guwahati, Silchar and Dhaka, and many places to sleep and eat.

To get here I took the night bus from Guwahati (capital of Assam) bus terminal ISBT (it is not located in the city centre where you can buy your ticket! It’s around 20 km south of the main market) – I would rather say night and day bus… According to the timetable the trip takes 13 hours; in reality, it took 20 – because of the heavy rain that surprised everyone in February which is usually a dry season. And the road itself – you’ll have to see it to believe it is the main road linking the north with the south of North-East India…

Ok, so we are almost there, in Dharmanagar. We have two options to get to Unakoti: 1. wait for the local bus/sumo (10-seater SUV) to take you there (destination of the bus: Kailashahar) and get out at Unakoti Eco Park; there …