Tripura

Small puthi fish, sun-dried and fermented in sealed pots, the key flavouring of Tripuri (Kokborok) cooking.

A light, soupy stew of vegetables cooked with berma (fermented fish) and green chillies, eaten with rice.

A thick stew of bamboo shoot and vegetables cooked with an alkaline ash water and berma, one of the signature dishes of Tripura.

A fiery, uncooked chutney of fresh chillies, roasted tomatoes and berma, served on the side of every Tripuri meal.

Boiled and fire-roasted pork tossed with onion, chilli and ginger, a favourite Tripuri dish for gatherings.

Vegetables and fish or meat cooked without oil, often in a bamboo tube, then mashed with berma and chillies.

Beans simmered with berma, onion and chillies into a thick, soupy dish, cooked without oil.

Tender bamboo shoot cooked with rice flour into a soft, thick dish, flavoured with chillies.

Soaked rice mixed with ginger and onion, wrapped in large leaves and boiled, made for festivals and journeys.

Chicken with ginger, chilli and onion packed into a green bamboo tube and cooked over a fire in its own juices.

Small fish or fish pieces rubbed with mustard, chilli and turmeric, wrapped in banana leaf and cooked on a pan or over embers.

A pungent chutney of fermented shidol fish, roasted and mashed with chillies, garlic and mustard oil, loved by Bengali households in Tripura.

A graceful dance of the Reang (Bru) community in which women balance bottles, lamps and pots on their heads while moving only the lower body.

A joyful group dance of the Tripuri and other communities performed during Garia Puja, when the god Garia is worshipped for a good harvest.

A Tripuri harvest dance that recalls catching the lebang insect, with men beating bamboo clappers and women dancing in rhythm.

A dance of the Chakma community performed at Bizu, the festival that marks the end of the Bengali year in mid-April.

A week-long festival at the Chaturdasha Devata temple near Agartala, honouring fourteen deities, held in July.

A Shakti Peetha at Udaipur, Gomati district, where Sati's right foot is said to have fallen. The Goddess is worshipped here as Tripura Sundari.

The white palace of the former Manikya rulers of Tripura, now the Tripura State Museum.

A royal summer palace standing in the middle of Rudrasagar lake, blending Hindu and Mughal styles.

A hillside covered with huge rock-cut and stone images of Shiva and other deities, set among forest and streams.

A hilltop temple of the goddess Tripura Sundari, revered as one of the Shakti Peethas and the most important shrine in the State.

A forest sanctuary near Agartala known for Phayre's leaf monkey (the spectacled monkey), birds and the Clouded Leopard National Park.

Tripura's highest hill range, known for orange orchards, Mizo and Reang villages, cool weather and wide views.