Dakshin Rai

Dakshin Rai (Bengali: দক্ষিণ রাই, "King of the South") is revered deity in the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh who rules over beasts and demons. He is regarded as the overhaul ruler of the Sundarbans.[1][2][3]

Narrative

In the Sealdah - Laksmikantapur - Namkhana section of the Eastern Railway line there is the station Dhapdhapi. A few miles away is a Dakshin Rai temple. The residents of the area worship this Tiger God. Once belonged to the area of the Sundarbans.

His domain stretches from the south Namkhana Kakdweep the Bhagirathi- Hooghly River Ganga in the west to the Ghatal Bakla district in the east. Every new moon (Amavashya) he is revered and appeased with animal sacrifices. Dakshin Rai also likes music and attracts musicians. The local tribes are trying their best to the 'King of the South' to please, by dancing and singing night after night.

Dakshin Rai's images are provided with a large, zwirbelndem whiskers. The body is slender and has a shiny, yellow tinge, which is decorated with tiger-like stripes. Drool dripped from both sides of his mouth and he has a six-meter-long tail.

So before the inhabitants of the Sundarbans venture into the mangroves, they take great care, before praying to Dakshin Rai. Some tribes have come up with something new: they bind a mask with the face of Dakshin Rai to her head, so as to scare her from behind stalking tiger.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Protection from the Gods:". lairweb.org.nz/. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 Valmik Thapar (1997). Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent. University of California Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-520-21470-5. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Swati Mitra (2011). Wild Trail in Bengal: Travel Guide. Goodearth Publications. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-93-80262-16-1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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