The traditional three days long Pilak archaeological & tourism Festival will begin from January 23 at West Pilak HS school ground in Shantirbazar sub-division of the South Tripura district.
An administrative meeting was held at the school on Wednesday, where the administrative officials of the sub-division along with the representatives of various line departments and local people took up series of issues for discussion..
Pilak is a store house of beautiful Hindu and Buddhist images that date back to the 8th and 9th centuries. Various excavations in the area yielded these sculptures that were scattered in about for 10 sq. kilometers. The various archaeological findings inclusive of the images and terracotta plaques suggested the survival of both both Hinduism and Buddhism.
