Devtamura
{{Short description|Hill in Tripura}}
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Devtamura (or Debtamura) is a hill range in South Tripura district of Tripura, India. It is known for an archaeological site of rock sculptures, a panel of carved images of Hindu deities of Durga, Ganesha and Kartikeya on the bank of Gomati River.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200906081212.htm |title= Tourists make beeline to emerging Tripura hot spot| newspaper=The Hindu| date=8 June 2009 |accessdate=26 April 2013}} The stone images are estimated to have curved during the 15/16th century. name="DuttaTripathy2006"
Geography
Devtamura is {{convert|85|km}} in length and is situated at an altitude of {{convert|229|m}} above sea level.
It is situated in between Udaipur and Amarpur.{{cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=Suresh Kant|last2=Sharma|first2=Usha|title=Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, Religion, Politics, Sociology, Science, Education and Economy. Tripura. Volume eleven|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8Mq1NU9Ml4C&pg=PA213|accessdate=27 April 2013|year=2005|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-045-1|pages=213–}}
Damburu Falls commences at the top of Devtamura, continuing through a series of terraces.
The approach to the site is only by boat a three-hour journey from Amarpur to Udaipur to the forest area of the site; the total distance of travel from Agartala is 75 km{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.co/Tourism+industry+revives+in+Tripura+as+militancy+declines.-a0217013482|title=Tourism industry revives in Tripura as militancy declines|accessdate=27 April 2013|publisher=The Freelibrary.com, Asian News International}}
Archaeological site
File:2)Chabimura, the archaeological site at Devtamura.jpg]]
Chabimura, the archaeological site at Devtamura, dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. The site includes colossal carvings of the image of Devi Chakrakma.{{cite book|last1=Dutta|first1=Sristidhar|last2=Tripathy|first2=Byomakesh|title=Buddhism In North-East India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-00wAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=27 April 2013|year=2006|publisher=Indus Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7387-190-0|page=146}}
The purpose of the carvings, and the artists who carved them are unknown.{{cite book|last1=Chaudhuri|first1=Saroj|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Bikach|title=Glimpses of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyUuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 April 2013|year=1983|publisher=Tripura Darpan Prakashani|page=5}} The statues are carved on the steep sloping rock exposures of the Kalajhari Hills which drains into the Gomti River. There are in all 37 rock cut images which also include images of Ganesha, Kartikeya, Mahishasuramardini, Durga and many others.
Each year in mid-January, a fair occurs at the third terrace from the top of the falls, at a time when local tribal members take a holy bath in Gomati River.{{cite book|last=Bera|first=Gautam Kumar|title=The Land of Fourteen Gods: Ethno-cultural Profile of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US7S9h2psRcC&pg=PA54|accessdate=27 April 2013|year=2010|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-333-9|pages=1, 11, 54–}}
References
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Category:Former populated places in India