An Outline to the Festivals of the Indigenous “Tripuri Community” of Tripura

Tripura is a small hilly State situated in the north-eastern part of India. During the British rule, the whole geographical area of Tripura was known as Hill Tipperah. It covers an arcs of 10,491 sq. km. and is situated between 22° 5' and 24° 32' north latitudes and 91" 10' and 92°21'cast longitudes. A land-locked State, Tripura shares international border of 832 kms long with Bangladesh's district of Comilla on the west, Sylhet district on the north, Noakhalli and Chittagong Hill Tracts on the south and Chittagong Hill Tracts on the east. With mainland India, Tripura is bounded by the Cachar district of Assam on the north-east and the Mizo hills of Mizoram on the East