Tripura, the third smallest state in the country, is coyly located on the North-eastern most part of India, cuddled as it were on the north, south and west by Bangladesh. A little bit of its border in the East and Northeast, however, is left to Mizoram and Assam.
Decades ago, Tripura used to be referred to as inaccessible, geographically isolated and remote. Not anymore. Today it has the second busiest airport in the region, with only Guwahati ahead of it; its capital city Agartala is, population-wise, the second biggest city in the region, and well connected by road, rail, air, and lately by waterways too, thereby ridding itself of the stigma of being a land-locked state.
Its undulating hills sensuously clad in lush greenery conceal an ancient culture, one that is characterized by a heady mixture of gods, legends, myths, fables and folklores on the one hand, and on the other, a long line of actual flesh and blood kings, wars, struggles and earthy engagement of an entire people with nature and destiny.
The very location of Tripura ‘on the other side of Bangladesh’ can sound unnerving to someone not familiar with the geography of these areas. Flanked by Bangladesh on three sides, this enchanting landmass of 10,491.69 square kms is home to 3,671,032 residents (2011) who constitute 0.3% of the country’s population.
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