Unakoti: India's Mysterious Temple with 9,999,999 Idols, One Less Than a Crore!
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News18•19-01-2026, 22:01
Unakoti: India's Mysterious Temple with 9,999,999 Idols, One Less Than a Crore!
- •Unakoti, Tripura, houses a unique temple with 9,999,999 stone idols, giving the place its name (Una means less than a crore).
- •One legend states Shiva cursed deities into stone here after they failed to wake up for a journey to Kashi.
- •Another tale describes a sculptor, Kallu Kumhar, who carved idols overnight to go to Kailasa with Shiva, but fell one short of a crore by dawn.
- •The site features impressive rock sculptures, including the 30-foot 'Unakotishwara Kala Bhairava' and idols of Ganesha, Durga, and Nandi.
- •Historians date these sculptures to between the 7th and 9th centuries, and Unakoti is on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list.
Why It Matters: Unakoti, Tripura, is an enigmatic temple site with millions of ancient stone idols and fascinating legends.
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