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Udaipur · Tripura

Sri Maa Tripura Sundari Temple

Sri Maa Tripura Sundari Temple (Matabari) — Radhakishorpur Hillock, Udaipur, Gomati District, Tripura

Tripura Sundari / Tripureshwari — supreme Devi of Sri Vidya; Shodashi Mahavidya; the Sati-dakshina-charana Pitha

अन्य नाम: Tripureshwari · Shodashi (Soroshi) · Lalita Tripura Sundari · Matabari (Mother's House) · Chhoto-Ma (smaller image of Devi Chandi) · Kuladevi of Tripura state

  • 51 Shakti Pithas tradition
  • 3rd of the 10 Mahavidyas
  • Kurma Pitha
  • Kuladevi of Tripura state
Sri Maa Tripura Sundari Temple
दर्शन समय
05:00 – 21:00
स्वरूप
Main Tripura Sundari murti
स्थान
Udaipur · Tripura
उत्तम ऋतु
October-March is best
काल
1501 CE

इस मन्दिर की विशेषता

  • 51 Shakti Pithas tradition — Sati's right foot (Dakshina Charana including the big toe) fell here (Pithamala Grantha); Bhairava: Tripuresha
  • 3rd of the 10 Mahavidyas — Shodashi; as Lalita Tripura Sundari, the supreme deity of the Srikula tantric tradition
  • Kurma Pitha — the hillock is shaped like a tortoise-back (kurma-prishtha-akriti), the source of the name
  • Kuladevi of Tripura state (kuladevi of the Manikya dynasty); patronised by the Manikya kings
  • Northeast India's second-most-visited Shakta tirtha (after Kamakhya)
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मूल विग्रह

मुख्य देव एवं स्वरूप

Sri Maa Tripura Sundari — the sanctum holds two black-stone (Kasti) idols; the main idol is 5 ft (1.57 m × 0.64 m), four-armed, standing on Shiva's chest, wearing a golden crown; the smaller 'Chhoto-Ma' (Devi Chandi) is 2 ft tall

Main Tripura Sundari murti — four arms, standing on Shiva's chest, golden crown, black-Kasti stone; beside it a 2 ft Chhoto-Ma Chandi murti; both within the same sanctum

सम्प्रदाय: Shakta — specifically the Sri Vidya / Srikula tantric tradition; the 3rd of the 10 Mahavidyas (Shodashi); venerated by both Shaiva and Vaishnava devotees

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स्थल-पुराण

कथा, इतिहास एवं महत्व

Pithamala Grantha

Names Tripura Sundari as one of the 51 Shakti Pithas; source for Sati's right foot (with big toe) falling here; Bhairava: Tripuresha

Brahmanda Purana — Lalitopakhyana

Lalita Sahasranama — Hayagriva-Agastya dialogue; Tripura Sundari = Lalita = Adi Parashakti; the scriptural authority

Tripura Rahasya and Tripura Upanishad

Establish Tripura Sundari as supreme consciousness / ultimate Shakti

Devi Bhagavata Purana

Centres on the Goddess as primary divinity; both Lalita and Lakshmi referred to as 'Sri'

Saundarya Lahari

100 verses by Adi Shankaracharya — Ananda Lahari (1-41) + Saundarya Lahari (42-100) — the principal stotra of Tripura Sundari worship

संत एवं परम्परा

  • Maharaja Dhanya Manikya Debbarma (Manikya dynasty; 1501 CE) — installed the idol from Chittagong after a divine vision; converted the original Vishnu temple into a Shakti temple
  • Maharaja Rama Manikya (1681 CE) — post-storm repairs
  • Maharaja Kalyan Manikya (1625-1660) — built the Kalyan Sagar tank adjoining the temple
  • Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya (early 20th century) — renovation
  • Maharshi Agastya and Hayagriva — the Hayagriva-Agastya dialogue of the Brahmanda Purana Lalitopakhyana; the medium of the Lalita Sahasranama
  • Adi Shankaracharya — composer of the Saundarya Lahari (100 verses); foremost acharya of the Tripura Sundari / Sri Vidya tradition
  • Manikya dynasty — protectors of the temple from 1501 till 1949 (when Tripura merged with the Indian Union)
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi — inaugurated the PRASHAD-corridor on 22 September 2025
  • Dr. Manik Saha (Chief Minister of Tripura 2025-26) — chairs the Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Trust

ऐतिहासिक घटनाक्रम

  1. 15011501 CE — Maharaja Dhanya Manikya Debbarma built the present temple structure; the Devi idol was transferred from Chittagong — Wikipedia + tripurasundari.tripura.gov.in + sacredsites.com
  2. 16601625-1660 CE — Maharaja Kalyan Manikya built the Kalyan Sagar tank (6.4 acres; the Devi's bathing tank) — Wikipedia + tripuratourism.gov.in
  3. 16811681 CE — Maharaja Rama Manikya repaired the temple after a storm — Wikipedia + tripurasundari.tripura.gov.in
  4. 201821 May 2018 — Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Trust formed (11-member executive committee; chaired by the Chief Minister of Tripura) — tripurasundari.tripura.gov.in
  5. 2019September 2019: Tripura High Court banned pashubali (animal sacrifice); 8 November 2019 — Supreme Court (Justice R.F. Nariman) stayed the HC order; after a 57-day pause, pashubali resumed in December 2019 — Wikipedia + EastMojo + OpIndia
  6. 202522 September 2025 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ₹54 crore PRASHAD-corridor redevelopment (Centre ₹34.43 cr + Tripura govt ₹17.61 cr); three-storey complex; daily devotee capacity from 3,500 to 5,000-7,000 — DD News + PIB + Current Affairs Adda247
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नित्य उपासना

दर्शन समय एवं आरती

05:00 से 21:00 तक · मध्याह्न विश्राम Summer 5:00 AM-9:00 PM; Winter 5:30 AM-8:30 PM

Mangal Arati and Balya Bhog04:00
Daily

First aarti of the day; with balya-bhog

Mayer Snan (Devi bath)08:00
Daily
Annabhog (prasad distribution)08:00-10:00
Daily

Prasad meal for devotees

Mayer Puja Arambha09:30
Daily
Sandhya Arati19:00
Daily

Principal evening aarti

Sheetal Bhog21:30
Daily
Mayer Nidra (Devi retires)22:00
Daily

Closing service of the day

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दर्शन

दर्शन के प्रकार

General Free Darshanनिःशुल्क
समय
Summer 05:00-21:00 / Winter 05:30-20:30
उपयुक्त
All devotees

Queue darshan; no admission ticket.

Online Puja / Havan / Prasad home-delivery (since 2025)

Official online service operated by the Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Trust (launched 2025); the famed Matabari 'Peda' prasad can be ordered for home delivery.

Special pujas (Amavasya / Navaratri / Diwali / Magha Purnima-Lalita Jayanti / Lalita Panchami)
उपयुक्त
Special sankalpa

Official sankalpa pujas on specific tithis.

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उत्सव

प्रमुख पर्व एवं उत्सव

Diwali Mela (3-day Kali Puja Mela) — flagship annual festivalKartik Amavasya

2+ lakh devotees from Tripura, Assam, Bengal and Bangladesh; on Diwali day two rituals — Mata Rani Puja 10:00 AM + Diwali special puja 12:00 PM + Patha Bali (pashubali) + Yajna. 2026 — Sunday 8 November.

MahashivratriPhalguna Krishna Chaturdashi

Special abhishek; Nishita Kaal 12:09 AM-1:01 AM (16 February). 2026 — Sunday 15 February.

Chaitra (Vasanta) NavaratriChaitra Shukla Pratipada-Navami

Nine-day Devi worship; Ghatasthapana 19 March; Durga Ashtami and Ram Navami both fall on 26 March 2026. 2026 — Thursday 19 March to Friday 27 March.

Kharchi Puja (Tripura state festival — worship of 14 deities)Eighth day after Amavasya

Worship of the 14 deities (Chaturdash Devata) of the Manikya dynasty; 7-day mela at the Chaturdash Devata Temple in Old Agartala (separate from Matabari but the same state-deity ecosystem). 2026 — Tuesday 21 July.

Sharadiya (Sharad) NavaratriAshvin Shukla Pratipada-Dashami

Elaborate Durga Puja decorations. 2026 Ghatasthapana — Sunday 11 October; Vijayadashami — Tuesday 20 October.

Lalita JayantiMagha Purnima

Manifestation day of the Devi; Lalita Sahasranama parayana. 2026 — Wednesday 4 March.

Lalita PanchamiAshvin Shukla Panchami

Lalita-special puja on the 5th day of Sharad Navaratri.

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आस्था

मनोकामना एवं फल

Sri Vidya and tantra-siddhi

Lalita Tripura Sundari = supreme deity of the Srikula tantric tradition; Shodashi Mahavidya; presiding deity of the Sri Yantra

स्रोत: Brahmanda Purana Lalitopakhyana + Tripura Rahasya + Saundarya Lahari

51 Shakti Pitha pilgrimage sankalpa

Sati's right-foot Pitha; Bhairava: Tripuresha; established by the Pithamala Grantha

स्रोत: Pithamala Grantha

Northeast Shakta circuit (Kamakhya + Tripura Sundari + Nartiang)

Northeast India's second-most-visited Shakta tirtha (after Kamakhya); central pitha of the combined northeast yatra

स्रोत: Northeast Shakta tradition

Matabari 'Peda' prasad sankalpa

Matabari's famed Peda-prasad; for the Devi's grace; also available for home delivery online since 2025

स्रोत: Sthala tradition

Pashubali (traditional) sankalpa

Tripura Sundari Temple is one of the few Shakta temples in India where pashubali is legally permitted; traditional pashubali site on Diwali and special tithis; resumed in December 2019 after the SC stay

स्रोत: Tripura Shakta tradition (legally permitted)

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जप

मन्त्र एवं स्तोत्र

  • Lalita SahasranamaStotramBrahmanda Purana — Lalitopakhyana; Hayagriva-Agastya dialogueइस मन्दिर हेतु1,000 names of Lalita Tripura Sundari; the only sahasranama with no repeated name
  • Lalita TrishatiStotramBrahmanda Puranaइस मन्दिर हेतु300 names structured on the 15-syllable Panchadashakshari mantra
  • Saundarya LahariStotramComposed by Adi Shankaracharya — 100 verses (Ananda Lahari 1-41 + Saundarya Lahari 42-100)इस मन्दिर हेतुThe principal stotra of Tripura Sundari worship
  • Sri Vidya Panchadashakshari Mantra (15 syllables)MantraSri Vidya tantric traditionइस मन्दिर हेतुThree kutas (Vagbhava + Kamaraja + Shakti) representing face/torso/lower body of the Devi; given only through guru-diksha
  • Shodashi Mantra (16 syllables)MantraSri Vidya tantra — extension of Panchadashiइस मन्दिर हेतुPanchadashi + 'Srim' bija = 16 syllables; the subtle mantra of the Devi
  • Tripura Sundari Gayatri MantraGayatri mantraDrik Panchangइस मन्दिर हेतुKleem Tripuradevi Vidmahe, Kameshwari Dheemahi, Tanno Klinne Prachodayat
  • Mool Beeja MantraMula mantraSri Vidya traditionइस मन्दिर हेतुOm Aim Hreem Shreem Maha Tripura Sundari Namah
  • Sri Tripura Sundari Stotram / AshtakamStotramDevi worship traditionइस मन्दिर हेतु
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तीर्थाटन

समीप के तीर्थ एवं परिपथ

Kalyan Sagar Lake (adjacent)100 मी

Built 1625-1660 CE by Maharaja Kalyan Manikya; 6.4 acres (224 yd × 160 yd); the Devi's bathing tank; home to the sacred Bostami Black Softshell Turtles (Nilssonia nigricans — declared extinct by IUCN in 2002 and then rediscovered here and at the Hayagriva Madhava temple in Assam) — connected to the temple's Kurma Pitha identity

Bhubaneshwari Temple, Udaipur4 किमी

Built 1660-1675 CE by Maharaja Govinda Manikya (on the bank of the Gomati river); 17th-century Bengali char-chala architecture; immortalised in Tagore's plays 'Rajarshi' and 'Bisarjan'; now under ASI

Chaturdash Devata Temple, Old Agartala60 किमी

Built 1760 CE by Maharaja Krishna Manikya; houses the 14 royal deities of the Manikya dynasty (Burasa/Shiva, Lampra/Vishnu, etc.); locus of Kharchi Puja

Neermahal water palace, Rudrasagar Lake30 किमी

Built 1930 by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya; India's largest water palace; 53 km south of Agartala

Unakoti rock-cut sculptures (UNESCO tentative list 2022)250 किमी

11th-12th century CE Shaiva rock-cut sculptures; Unakotiswara Kal Bhairava ~30 ft tall

51 Shakti Pitha pilgrimage sankalpa

Right-foot Pitha; Bhairava: Tripuresha

51 मंदिर

Northeast India Shakta circuit

Kamakhya (Guwahati, Assam) + Tripura Sundari (Udaipur, Tripura) + Nartiang Durga (Meghalaya) — northeast's second-most-visited Shakta tirtha (after Kamakhya)

3 मंदिर

Manikya dynasty Tripura state temple circuit

Matabari (Udaipur) → Bhubaneshwari (Udaipur) → Chaturdash Devata (Old Agartala) → Agartala Tripura Sundari sub-temple → Neermahal → Unakoti

6 मंदिर · 3 दिन

10 Mahavidya tirtha pilgrimage

Principal seat of the 3rd Mahavidya (Shodashi)

10 मंदिर

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मार्गदर्शन

यात्रा एवं संपर्क

पता
Sri Mata Tripura Sundari Temple, Matabari, Udaipur, Gomati District — 799120, Tripura (STD: 03821)
हवाई अड्डा
Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport, Agartala — ~64 km
रेलवे
Udaipur Railway Station (UDR) — ~5 km; on the Lumding-Sabroom section of NF Railway
बस-स्टैण्ड
Udaipur Bus Stand; ~55 km from Agartala via NH-8 (via Bishalgarh), 1.5-2 hours
उत्तम ऋतु
October-March is best; Diwali Mela (8 November 2026) is peak; Sharadiya Navaratri (11-20 October 2026) for Durga Puja; monsoon (June-September) brings heavy rainfall
हेल्पलाइन
03821-223520 (Office), 8416014059 (Mobile)
वेबसाइट
https://tripurasundari.tripura.gov.in/ ↗
5 किमीUdaipur Railway Station
55 किमीAgartala
64 किमीMBB Airport, Agartala
0.1 किमीKalyan Sagar Lake
4 किमीBhubaneshwari Temple, Udaipur
60 किमीChaturdash Devata Temple, Old…
30 किमीNeermahal
250 किमीUnakoti rock carvings
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