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Unakoti

Unakoti (unɔkoʈi), famously known as Angkor Wat of the North-East, is a sculptural emblem and ancient Shaivite place that hosts rock carvings figures and images of gods and goddesses. It is a place of worship with huge rock reliefs celebrating Shiva. Unakoti literally means "one less one crore" or "koti" in Hindi and Bengali. In the local Kokborok language, it is called Subrai Khung. It is yet to be recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site (put in tentative list in 2022) and the prime tourist spot of Unakoti District, in the Kailashahar Subdivision of the North-eastern Indian state of Tripura. In the name of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple, Unakoti is called "Angkor Wat of the North-East" . These sculptures are carved on a hill of the Raghunandan hills of Tripura. It is known that there are about ninety-nine lakh ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine idols that can be found here. File:Unakoti 1.jpg|Shiva with the waters of Ganga flowing from his locks.{{Cite web |title=Unakoti Heritage Site {{!}} Unakoti District Website {{!}} India |url=https://unakoti.nic.in/gallery/unakoti-heritage-site/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |language=en-US}} File:Unakoti 5.jpg|Close up of the sculpture of Shiva. File:Unakoti (Scorpian ad).JPG|Image of [[Durga]]. File:Ganesha, Unakoti ( ঊনকোটি).JPG|Image of Gigantic [[Ganesha]] File:Unakotiswara Kal Bhairava,Unakoti ( ঊনকোটি).JPG|Image of KalBhairava {{Cite web |last=India |first=Mystery Of |date=2015-01-20 |title=Beautiful stone carvings of Unakoti {{!}} Mystery of India |url=https://www.mysteryofindia.com/2015/01/beautiful-stone-carvings-unakoti-tripura.html |access-date=2022-12-11 |language=en-US}} File:Unakoti 6.jpg|A wall of stone with reliefs. The images found at Unakoti are of two types: namely rock-carved figures and stone images. Among the rock-cut carvings, the central Shiva head and gigantic Ganesha figures deserve special mention. The central Shiva head known as Unakotiswara Kal Bhairava is about 30 feet high including an embroidered head-dress which itself is 10 feet high.

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