Place · Shakta pitha · India
Tripura Sundarī, Udaipur
The Shakta Pitha and Tripura state goddess temple at Udaipur, Tripura — the capital of the Manikya dynasty from the 11th century to 1760 before the shift to Agartala — counted among the eighteen Maha Shakta Pithas as the site where Sati's right foot fell. The Matabari temple is built on a distinctive Bengali chala (hut-roof) plan rather than the shikhara type that defines most Pithas. The deity Tripura Sundari is one of the ten Mahavidyas and the state goddess of the Manikya kings. The Diwali goddess procession from the temple to the Kalyan Sagar tank (surrounded by sacred fish and turtles) is Tripura's largest annual festival. The temple's foundation is Manikya patronage from the 15th century; the current structure is 1501.
- Periods
- Early Modern Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.530, 91.480
Worth knowing
The Tripura Sundari temple in Udaipur is popularly called Matabari, meaning “Mother’s House.” It houses a distinctive black stone image of Tripura Sundari and is one of the major Shakta centres of Northeast India. The temple also has a remarkable connection with the royal history of the former kingdom of Tripura.
Connections (1)
- Site withinUdaipur
Tripura Sundarī, Udaipur sits inside Udaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
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Sources
Hindu pilgrimage sites in India — Wikipedia
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