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1 Sights Ujjayanta Palace PALACE (admission 5; h5-7pm) Agartala s indisputable centrepiece is this striking, dome-capped palace. Flanked by two large refl ecting ponds, thunder ridge cabins the whitewashed 1901 edifice was built by Tripura s 182nd maharaja. It looks particularly impressive floodlit at night, but for security reasons only the gardens are open to the public.

Tripura Sundari thunder ridge cabins Mandir (h4.30am-1.30pm & 3.30-9.30pm), thunder ridge cabins a 1501 Kali temple where a steady thunder ridge cabins stream of pilgrims make almost endless animal sacrifices that leave the grounds as bloody as the temple thunder ridge cabins s vivid-red shikhara (Buddhist monastery). Even more people come here at the big Diwali festival (October/November) to bathe in the fishfilled tank by the temple. The temple is 100m east of the NH44, 4km south of Udaipur. A rickshaw from Udaipur costs 50.