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Region : India's northern eastern region, restricted part

Attractive Tourist Points : Tripurasundari, Neer Mahal

Capital City : Agartala

Perfect Visiting Time : During the months of October & May

Northern eastern part of India contains one more artistic and colorful state called Tripura. India's every piece of land contains some or more golden historical days, which is preserved for their future days as a unforgettable memory. You will get to see ancient Tripura's image through various aspects. Their crafts and arts have historical and rich tradition. This beautiful state's handicrafts are very much renowned in the entire India. This intricate and elegant handicraft items are majorly created through native people in the whole Tripura state. They mostly make decorative items of cane and bamboo. As per rest of the states of India, this amazing state too very well famous in the whole country for their exclusive arts and crafts forms, which is indivisible element of Tripura's tradition. Majorly the cane and bamboo craft that is traditional form of art is especially popular and demanded in India. Their traditional handicrafts are one of the essential internal parts of Tripura state's people's lifestyle. Tripura state's rich traditional handicraft has not just reached the state's culture but it is too contributing into state's economy. It is also one of the interesting and attractive aspects of this state that attracts numbers of tourist from whole world. The handicrafts and artifacts of this area display loyal image of this state's culture and society. Tripura state is popularly known for various types of crafts such as cane work, carving of rock cut, paintings, sculptures, jewellery and bamboo work. There are amazing and artistic items of Tirpura state, which tourists buy without missing, to decorate their home. Tripura state's handicrafts are very useful and elegant that surely gives classic look to your house.

Tripura Handlooms :

This craft of Tripura is internal part of this state's handicrafts. This historically rich state's land is an evidence of numbers of artistic experiments, which have been practiced with traditional handlooms, and the result is present in front of everybody that is tremendous textile material. At present, these weaved fabrics are renowned not just within home land but out of India. This weaving art is believed to be very much holy within Tripura state. Tripura state's native land sons have been blessed with excellent skills of weaving. They depict historical religious moments through their art over fabric. If you have see handicrafts of Manipura and West Bengal, then in first look, you will get to know that Tripura state's weaving contains mixture of Manipuri, Bengali and Tribal weaving techniques and designs. Tripura state's tribal weaving is noticeable by their adorable designs. They always use bold and rich colors. Their texture is permanent. Manipuri fabrics are very much attractive due to their multi colors and decent look. You can identify Bengali fabric through the use of many products such as cotton saris, silk saris, bedspreads, multicolored furnishing cloths, jute carpet and lungis.

Tripura Handicrafts :

Within the huge image of Indian craft, Tripura;s handicrafts have been also created it's prime position. From historical times, Tripura state is very much famous for their handicraft items. This state's artists create beautiful decorative and useful items from two common things such as cane, bamboo and wood. The special crafts of Tripura are Mat products, floor mats, partition, panels, lamp shades, dinning table of bamboo and furniture. If you will hang out within market area of Tripura, you will get majority of handicraft items that are made by bamboo and wood. This state's bamboo and cane artifacts are believed to be India's best handicraft items. Currently, around ten thousand artisans are creating handicrafts in Tripura state, which are very much skilled and excellent in their art. This state's handicrafts are highly as interior decoration such as pot containers, false ceilings, wall panels, plaques, paneling, cane furniture and room divider.

Rock Carving :

This craft form is also essential form of Tripura state's culture and society. By keeping great synchronization in crafts and art tradition, Tripura state's rock cut craving is often astonishing and pleasing the art lover people. Numbers of places contain expert artists in Tripura such as Unakoti, Debatamura and Pillak. The artists of Tripura, have such a brilliant skills that they carve big rock image. During the seventh century, rock cut carving art was started in Tripura state's Unakoti. There is consideration that Unakoti place comprises one less image for one crore carved images, from the name of the place, the attracting and interesting characteristic reflects, the meaning of Unkoti is one less for crore. If you will visit Debatmutra, here you will get to see rock sculpture along with sharpness of ninety degrees. You can see pictures of several gods in rock cut.

Cane and Bamboo work :

It is very hugely popular craft of Tripura state, the popularity of this craft you won't just find inside India but from out of India too it has great demand. This craft form has got huge contribution from Tripura state's culture and society. This state's handicrafts are majorly dependent on 2 prime things such as bamboo and cane. You will find numbers of variety in Tripura state's handicraft items. The handicraft items of this state are made by native artists and from that they get financial support. The most famous cane and bamboo crafts are lamp shades, dinning table made of bamboo, mat products, furniture and floor mats.

Tripura Jewellery :

Jewellery making is also essential form of Tripura's arts and crafts. It play major role in the tribal people's life that are located in northern eastern part of state. They make several types of tribal jewellery, which are liked by native women of Tripura state. It is very much demanded in regional people and also within tourists. Tripura state's talented artists make many beautiful and elegant jewellery from various materials such as bronze, silver and copper. Their land's females like to wear jewellery such as necklaces, earrings, rings, nose rings and bangles. The very much demanded form of Tripura jewellery is nackelace with coin shape design. Their ornaments contain very traditional look, it tells bright culture and tradition of Tripura state.

Tripura Sculpture :

For sculptural crafts, Tripura state is famous within India. You will get to see many beautiful sculptures in Tripura State's Government Museum; it comprises numbers of variety sculptures, which have been carried from different places. The art of sculpture existed in Tripura state from Pilak. This land's sculptures are tremendously beautiful; it displays mixture of Buddhist and Hindu culture. This place's sculptures are very much appreciable due to their different styles and themes. Tripura's museum contains sculptures that belong to Ninth and Thirteenth century. India's this place's sculptures are totally different from other states, because Tripura state's artists make sand sculptures. Here you will also get to see special terracotta sculptures. Majority of sculptural items are carried from different places such as Amarpur and Pilak. Terracotta sculptures are symbolical image of craftsmanship of folk tradition of Bengal. The rest of the sculptures contain mythological, floral designs & animal motifs. Apart from sand, talented Tripura artists too make Bronze sculptures; bronze sculptures are the masterpieces that display variety of themes, molding techniques and nice workmanship.

Tripura Paintings :

Beautiful paintings of Tripura's tribal people depict images of their amazing and interesting lifestyle through colors and designs. If you want to observe tribal life from close distance without visiting tribal villages, then don't miss to search local paintings in Tripura's market. Their paintings also contain some other types that have been stored into Tripura Government Museum. All those paintings are majorly carried from Tripura state's Royal House. Royal house has permanently donated their paintings. This museum too contains few sketches from famous artists such as Dhiren Krishna Deb Barma, Nandalal Bose and Gagan Thakur etc.