Folk Tales from India - The Sunderbans
This comic book in large format beautifully illustrated in color on art paper brings to the reader most popular legends, myths and folktales of the region - fishermen and dalits who struggle to worship their favorite Goddess Bishalakshmi, Manik Pir who could cure all manner of diseases. In this volume we invite you to enter the verdant world of the Sunderbans in lower Bengal, wade through its mangrove swamps, meet its famous tigers and some of its heroes and gods. If Manik Pir is the gentle fakir who combated the wicked villagers of his time, Bada Khan Ghazi is the warrior-saint who staked his life for love and won the hearts of the dalits. Banbibi, who fought Dakshin Ray, Lord of Tigers, is the darling of the Sunderbans and is still the patron goddess of the forest and Bishalakshmi is the savior of the fishing communities.
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