Tripura's Ujjayanta Palace to be equipped with digital galleries

The over-a-century-old Ujjayanta Palace of Tripura's Manikya Kings, which houses the state museum, would be equipped with digital galleries in a bid to boost tourism, a state minister said on Monday. The palace, built by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya during 1899-1901, served as the state legislative assembly till 2011. "We would soon install digital galleries in the state the museum, which would make use of projectors. I think this initiative would also attract more tourists in the museum and help to promote the tourism industry in the state," Tripura Higher Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath told reporters.

An official of the Tourism Department added that the visitors would feel like walking around the gallery with life-like illusions. "We are planning to introduce a battery car from the main gate up to the museum for the elderly and kids, covering about half km. "We also are sensitising tourists guides, tightening security at the museum, and restarting the light and sound show soon to attract more tourists," Nath said.

He said the state government wants to make this the "best museum in the country" and that Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb would soon convene a meeting of officials and experts in this regard. Nath said that in the last five years, 9,50,000 tourists visited the museum, of which over 4,000 were from abroad. The palace was converted to a state museum in September 2013.