In a quiet nook of Tripura, by the River Gomti, few tribal artisans carved photographs of Hindu deities Durga, Ganesha and Katikeya on the face of a hill. Nobody is aware of why, or who did it. The carvings are simply there, they usually have been sound since 15 or Sixteenth century AD. When you have been to Devtamura, you’d know that this was no straightforward feat.


Devtamura, a nondescript hill vary in Tripura involves life yearly in January when the native tribal folks collect on the prime of the Damburu Falls for his or her annual honest and a dip on the holy River Gomti. A half an hour boat journey away from here’s a world most of us in all probability don’t find out about. The locals name it Chakwrakma or Chabimura. The boat journey leads you to a complete of 37 rock minimize photographs carved on the steep slopes of the Kalajhari Hills. A ten m tall larger-than-life picture of Mahisasura Mardini Durga is the most important of all carvings; for the locals, the deity is Chakrak-Ma.

One can’t assist however marvel, why have been these photographs carved there and the way did they do this? The monolith on which these carvings have been completed stands at an virtually 90-degree angle. A troublesome feat for even at the moment’s requirements, not to mention again within the 15-Sixteenth century. Chabimura stays hidden from the remainder of the world behind a thick curtain of forest and river Gomti, the one method to attain the sculptures.

Through the years, as a consequence of weathering and erosion, quite a lot of the carvings are troublesome to make sense of however a majority of them are fairly apparent. A improbable and mysterious murals, to say the least. The archaeological website of Chabimura at Devtamura is as offbeat as they arrive.

1. When is one of the best time to go to Tripura?
   October to March is one of the best time to go to as it’s cooler in these months. However one of the best time for sightseeing is April to July.
2. How you can attain Chabimura?
   A ship journey from Rangamati in Amarpur, to Maharani. The boat journey goes by the archaeological website of Chabimura.
3. Is Devtamura a well-liked vacationer vacation spot?
   Not as well-liked as Unakoti, however slowly the world is coming to find out about Devtamura and the rock minimize sculptures of Chabimura.