Unakoti is deservedly reputed for its 7th-9th century stone and rock-cut images, deep in the forests near Kailashahar. The worship of Shiv-Shakti (Shaivism) is an old tradition in Tripura and this is beautifully endorsed by the 30 feet high Shiva Head (The Unakotiswara Kal Bhairav) with an embroidered head-dress which forms part of one of the largest bas-reliefs in the country, at Unakoti. On either side of the head-dress of the central Shiva are two life-size female figures. Three enormous images of the Nandi Bull lie half burried in the ground.

Legend has it that Lord Shiva on his way to Kashi, present-day Varanasi, with a crore of