According to a PTI report, after being lying hidden from the view of travellers for centuries, exquisite images of Hindu gods and goddesses carved in 15th Century on Kalajhari Hill at Debatamura in Tripura’s Southern district are now attracting tourists. About 75 kms from Agartala, overlooking the Gomati River, the site is full of images of Shiva, Ganesha, Kartika, Mahisasur Mardini, Durga and others cut on the steep wall of the hill. Debatamura, also known as Chabimura, is picturesque and largely inhabited by the Reang tribe. The lush green vegetation and little bamboo-straw dwellings of the tribals are as much a point of attraction for the tourists as the images.
Debasish Lodh, Senior Information Officer, Tourism Corporation of Tripura said, “Lack of proper transport coupled with years of insurgency had prevented tourists from visiting it. It is not as if transport has improved much — the access to the place is still by boats as in the past — but it has caught the tourists' imagination.” He said that the Tripura government had sent a proposal to the Indian Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (ITDC) to develop the area as a tourist spot. |