Tripura Sundari Temple – A Divine Shakti Peetha

Mata Bari or Tripura Sundari Temple is situated in Udaipur, about 55 km from Agartala, Tripura’s capital. It is considered to be one of the Shakti Peethas.

Shakti Peethas are shrines or divine places of the Mother Goddess. These are places that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered throughout Aryavartha in sorrow. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linked to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit.

The temple was constructed by Maharaja Dhanya Manikya Debbarma in 1501. The Maharaja wanted to construct a Vishnu temple at the current site but during the course of the construction, he received a divine message from Devi Bhagavati in his dreams. He was instructed to fetch the idol of the Goddess from Chittagong (now in Bangladesh), and to install it at the new temple. Following the message, the Maharaja brought the idol and later installed it in this temple and dedicated the temple in the name of the holy Goddess.

This temple is also known as Kurma Pitha as the temple premises resembles a tortoise. Every year on Diwali, a famous Mela takes place near the temple which is visited by many pilgrims. The temple has been given a scenic background by the beautiful lake, Kalyan Sagar. The lake lies in the eastern side of the temple and the waters are full of Tortoises. There is another shrine for Tripura Sundari at Madambakkam, near Chennai, about 15 km from Chennai airport via Tambaram selaiyur camp road. Tripurasundari is worshipped as Sapari vara Srichakra Mahameru Lalithatripurasundari.

Tourists coming to Udaipur to visit this famous temple can also visit the Bhubaneshwari Temple. Udaipur is also known as “lake city” and has many beautiful lakes. Some of them are Bijoy Sagar, Amar Sagar, Jagannath dighi and Kalyan sagar. It also has a national library named after Kazi Nazrul Islam. It’s a perfect place where religion, history and beauty merge together.

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