Soon, the world will be aware of Tripura’s historical place. It is possible because of Unakoti’s Rock-Cut Sculptures which is also known as Angkor wat of North-East. It has made its entry into the tentative list of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. Three monuments from India have been added to UNESCO’s tentative list: The Sun Temple, Vadnagar, and Unakoti.
Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, G Kishan Reddy twitted and informed “With this, India now has 52 sites on UNESCO Tentative List. The List indicates rich cultural & natural wealth of India & shows the huge diversity of our heritage”.
Union Minister expressed his views on Unakoti’s history and said “Located in the north-eastern part of Tripura, Unakoti is known as an ancient holy place associated with Shaiva worship. The site is a massive gallery set amongst the forest displaying the number of towering low relief images in a unique style, making it a masterpiece of human creative genius”.
Earlier, Unakoti, the chiseled ‘Angkor Wat of the North-East’ region, was vying for a UNESCO world heritage tag with both the Central Government and ASI, working to preserve the series of Shaivite rock sculptures in the northern part of the state.