Dakshin Rai

Dakshin Rai ( Bengali: দক্ষিণ রাই "King of the South" ) is a revered in the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh divinity who rules over beasts and demons.

Near the railway station Garia in Kolkata there is a range called'' Lakhikantapur ''; on this is the station Dhabdhabi. A few miles away is a Dakshin Rai Temple. The inhabitants of this area worship this God. Once this area was one of the Sundarbans.

His dominion ranges from Kakdweep to the south across the Bhagirathi River in the north and from the west to the Ghatal Bakla district in the east. Every new moon ( Amavashya ) he is worshiped and appeased with animal sacrifices. The local tribes are trying their utmost to the King of the South ' mild to vote by. Many nights dancing and singing

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

So before venturing the inhabitants of the Sundarbans in the mangrove thicket, they attach great importance to previously pray to Dakshin Rai. Some tribes have come up with something new: tie a mask with the face of Dakshin Rai at the back of her head, so as to scare up from behind stalking tiger.

In the legend of Bonbibi Dakshin Rai was supposed to be a Brahmin sage, who decided in a fit of greed, to eat people: for this very purpose he turns into a tiger. As he seeks to devour once in Tiger shape a young man, this calls in his distress Bonbibi. Since access Bonbibi and her brother Shah Jongoli and save the people.

• Indian deity
• Religion ( West Bengal )
• Religion ( Bangladesh)
• Male Deity
• Deity of Hinduism