Dhanya Manikya

Dhanya Manikya was the Maharaja of Tripura who reigned from 1490 to 1515 C.E. In this time, Tripura Sundari Temple was established.

Biography Assisted by his generals Rai Kwchak and Rai Kosom, Dhanya Manikya expanded Tripura's territorial domain well into Eastern Bengal, establishing control over the entire district of Comilla and parts of Sylhet, Noakhali and Chittagong districts of Bangladesh.

Dhanya Manikya set up many temples, the foremost of which is the Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur. Before his death from smallpox in the year 1515 Dhanya had consolidated the kingdom through military prowess.