Tripura’s Unakoti boasts of bas-relief sculptures of the 8th and 9th century. (News18)
Tripura’s Unakoti, which means one less than one crore in Bengali, is often compared to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple. Around 170 km from Agartala, the rock-cut art is vying for a UNESCO World Heritage site tag
Set in the Raghunandan hills of North Tripura with ancient rock cravings of gods and goddesses is the prime tourist spot of the district in Kailasahar sub-division — Unakoti, which means one less than one crore in Bengali. Often compared to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple, Unakoti is called the ‘Angkor of North-East’.
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