Forgotten Heritage of Tripura by Benoy K Behl

Online Event, India Habitat Centre, 30th May, 2026 Talk and Screening of Film by Benoy K Behl Produced for Doordarshan Introduction by Sujata Chatterji 00:07; Subject Intro 02:48; Film 9:10; Talk 30:44 In the far East of India is the land of Tripura. It is a land of verdant hills and lush greenery. Travelling through Tripura is taking a journey into a time when there were thick forests everywhere. A sense of the eternal still pervades the life of the people and images of their devotion are to be seen everywhere. How many know that the largest rock-cut reliefs of Lord Shiva are in Tripura? How many know that among the earliest Buddhist Vajrayana depictions are to be found in a Pala period stupa in Tripura? How many know that Tripura is one of the great centers of the worship of Durga? I have had the pleasure of visiting Tripura since 1974. In this film, I am happy to take you to some of these rarely-seen sites.