Taking bath on auspicious occasions has traditionally been a strong practice in the Indian Culture. The "Holy-Bath" has been an important ritual of Tripura also. In Tripura royal families', holy-baths were generally taken in course of their pilgrimage or military conquests. These were generally taken to do 'tarpana' after some victory or conquests. The King Vijaya Manikya, the fifth king, struck various commemorative issues. His first commemorative issue states that after his holy-bath in the Brahmaputra River, Vijaya Manikya Struck coins with the words "Dhvajaghatasnayi" written on them. He struck the coin in silver and in the denomination of tanka of '58 ratis' or '165 grains', celebrating a ritual bath at Dhvaja Ghat, which is on the Brahmaputra River due west of Tripura. It is said that he took advantage of the prolonged conflict between the Sultan of Bengal and Mughal King Akbar, and proceeded to Sonargaon or Suvarnagram in Dacca and occupied it for sometime. During this time Vijaya Manikya is said to have struck coins commemorating his holy bath in the Brahmaputra and wrote on them the word "Dhvajaghatasnayi"