Tripura with Krishan Insan

The Musafir Stories - India Travel Podcast

This week, The Musafir Stories speaks with Krishan Insan, a traveller and clean energy professional as he takes us to this lesser known gem of the North East - Tripura!

Today's destination: Tripura

Nearest Airport: Agartala Airport (IXA)

Nearest Railway Station: Udaipur Tripura Train station (UDPU)

Prerequisites - N/A

Packing - Good walking shoes for pandal hopping!

Time of the year - Durga Pujo (October)

Length of the itinerary: 5 days

Itinerary Highlights:

• We start off the episode starting with the premise of Krishan’s trip, the geographical orientation as well as access to the third smallest state in India.

• Krishan talks about the background of Durga Pujo, the 10 days of celebration, the significant Bengali influence as well as the variety of pandals that one could visit. The stops during the 5 day itinerary include

• Ujjainta palace and museum

• Heritage park

• Albert Ikka memorial

• Integrated Agartala checkpost (Bangladesh border)

• More pandal hopping in the evenings

• Bengali cuisine, sweets, and pushkas!

• Jampui hills, Betlingchip

• Tripura’s cleanest village, Vanghmun

• Unakoti

• Madarhaat

• Chabimura

• Neer mahal

• Celebrating dashami and pandal hopping

Links:

Link to Krishan’s instagram

https://www.instagram.com/insankg/

Link to Krishan’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/InsanKG

Photo by PREYAS PATEL on Unsplash

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