Chaturdasha Temple


Chaturdasha Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictWest Tripura
FestivalsKharchi puja
Location
LocationAgartala
StateTripura
CountryIndia
Chaturdasha Temple is located in Tripura
Chaturdasha Temple
Location in Tripura
Chaturdasha Temple is located in India
Chaturdasha Temple
Chaturdasha Temple (India)
Geographic coordinates23°50′29″N 91°20′43″E / 23.8413872°N 91.3451919°E / 23.8413872; 91.3451919
Architecture
CreatorKrishna Manikya
Completed1761

The Chaturdasha Temple is a Hindu temple (mandir) situated near Old Agartala, Tripura, India, and features the Tripuri dome patterned after the roofs of village huts in Tripura. The dome is surmounted by a stupa-like structure which reveals traces of Buddhist influence. This temple was built in honour of fourteen deities, together called the Chaturdasha Devata, by King Krishna Manikya of Tripura in 1761 and these deities are ceremoniously worshipped during Kharchi puja. The Tripuri names of the fourteen deities are Lampra, Akhata, Bikhata, Burasa, Thumnairok, Bonirok, Sangrongma, Mwtaikotor, Twima, Songatrama, Noksuma, Mailuma, Khuluma and Hachwkma.

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