The astounding rock cut sculptures and stone pictures at Unakoti are placed at a distance of 175 Kms from Agartala. The archaeologists arrogate that Unakoti was a Shaivite holy spot of 8th-9th centuries.

The story goes like this; Lord Shiva was going to Kashi with one crore Gods and Goddesses. On night halt at this position Shiva asked all Gods and Goddesses to awake prior to sun rise. Nevertheless, in the morning, except Shiva, no one else got up ramming Shiva to curse the others to become stone images and proceed on the journey alone. Now we have “one less than a crore stone images carvings at Unakoti..