Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods
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Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods

Chaturdaśa — the 14-god pantheon of the royal Tripura

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · 15th c. CE (Manikya dynasty)

Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods

Tradition: Hindu / Bengali / Tripuri

This entry honours the self-representation of Hindu tradition. India's sacred landscape includes hundreds of traditions beyond the Brahminical-Vedic canon. Each has its own cosmology, priesthood, ritual calendar, and relationship with the sacred landscape. Each deserves first-person recognition.

The Place

  • Location: Old Agartala, West Tripura, Tripura (23.8373°N, 91.2807°E)
  • Tradition: Hindu, Bengali, Tripuri
  • Historical: 15th c. CE (Manikya dynasty)

Story & Worship

The Chaturdaśa Devatā (14 Gods) temple at Old Agartala is the royal shrine of the Manikya dynasty of Tripura (ruled 1400–1949). The 14 gods combine Hindu, tribal (Tripuri), and Buddhist elements: Hara (Shiva), Umā (Parvati), Hari (Vishnu), Lakshmi, Vāṇī (Saraswati), Kumāra, Gaṇeśa, Brahmā, Pṛthvī (Earth), Samudra (Ocean), Gaṅgā, Agni, Kāma, Hīmādri. Annual Kharchi Pūjā (July) — a 7-day festival invokes all 14. This is the iconic example of Hindu-tribal syncretism in eastern India.

Mantra / Invocation

Oṁ Chaturdaśa Devatā namaḥ

Festival Calendar

  • Kharchi Pūjā (Āṣāḍha (July), 7 days)

Sources

Drawn from scholarly ethnographies of Indian tribal and regional religions (Roy, Vidyarthi, Sinha, Fuchs, Sarkar, Sontheimer, Kinsley), colonial-era gazetteers, and contemporary community documentation.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraOṁ Chaturdaśa Devatā namaḥ
Offerings
tradition-specific local offerings (rice-beer, eggs, grain, mithun, fowl, etc. per tradition)
Sacred colours
redsaffron

📖 Stories

  • The sacred narrative of Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods
    The Chaturdaśa Devatā (14 Gods) temple at Old Agartala is the royal shrine of the Manikya dynasty of Tripura (ruled 1400–1949). The 14 gods combine Hindu, tribal (Tripuri), and Buddhist elements: **Hara (Shiva), Umā (Parvati), Hari (Vishnu), Lakshmi, Vāṇī (Saraswati), Kumāra, Gaṇeśa, Brahmā, Pṛthvī (Earth), Samudra (Ocean), Gaṅgā, Agni, Kāma, Hīmādri**. Annual **Kharchi Pūjā** (July) — a 7-day festival invokes all 14. This is the iconic example of Hindu-tribal syncretism in eastern India.
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific (see body)
Puja sequence
  1. see body

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Kharchi Pūjā
    Āṣāḍha (July) · 7 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Oral tradition of Hinduliturgical chants / folk narrative