Udaipur, the city of lakes and a former capital, heads Gomati district

Background

Gomati is the Tripura district built around Udaipur, the town that was the capital of Tripura till 1760 A.D. and is popularly known as the city of lakes. The Gomati District with its headquarter at Udaipur was created in the year 2012. As part of the administrative reorganisation the Gomati district comprising Udaipur, Amarpur and newly created Karbook subdivisions was created as a truncated version of the erstwhile South Tripura district. The city is famous for its Mata Tripura Sundari Temple which is situated about 3 km away from Udaipur at Matabari, and the temple is one of the 51 Mahapithasthans of India. The Gomati figures prominently in Tripura's indigenous folklore, culture, religious rites and ritual, so much so that tribal people perform posthumous rites dedicated to their departed near and dear ones on the bank of the river Gomati. Topographically the Gomati district is marked by lush green and fertile Gomati valleys and a towering hill range which straddles the Udaipur and Amarpur subdivisions of the district with its exquisite sculptural works carved on panels of the hills.