Unakoti

Unakoti
Subrai Khung
The rock wall
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictUnakoti
FestivalAsokastami Festival
Location
LocationKailasahar
StateTripura
CountryIndia
Unakoti is located in Tripura
Unakoti
Location in Tripura
Unakoti is located in India
Unakoti
Unakoti (India)
Geographic coordinates24°19′N 92°4′E / 24.317°N 92.067°E / 24.317; 92.067
Architecture
Typesculptural emblem
Completed600–700 CE

Unakoti famously known as Angkor Wat of the North-East, is a sculptural emblem and ancient Shaivite place that hosts rock carvings, figures and images of gods and goddesses. It is a place of worship with huge rock reliefs celebrating Shiva. Unakoti literally means "one less than one crore" or "koti" in Hindi. In the local Kokborok language, it is called Subrai Khung. It was put on the UNESCO world heritage site tentative list in 2022. It is the prime tourist spot of Unakoti District, in the Kailashahar Subdivision of the North-eastern Indian state of Tripura.[1]

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In the name of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple, Unakoti is called "Angkor Wat of the North-East". Its sculptures are carved on a hill of the Raghunandan hills of Tripura. It is known that there are ninety-nine lakh ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine (99,99,999) idols found here.

  1. ^ "All about Tripura's Unakoti, the 'Angkor Wat of the North-East' seeking UNESCO world heritage tag". The Indian Express. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 21 August 2001.