Future Scope

Bonbibi serves the same protective cover for both Hindus and Muslims. Folk deities have proved to be more prominent in the hearts and lives of the rural and regional people than any other gods and goddesses. The history of the culture prevalent in the Sundarban has well resulted into the rituals, fairs, worship of the deities which in return preserves the ecological balance and the dual survival among a man to man, and to that of the forest. The commonality of socio-economic circumstances and physical environments are factors that cannot be ignored in attempts to understand religious faiths and their rituals. As long as there are tigers in the forest, and there is a necessity for people to rely on the forest for their livelihood, there will be worship of Bonbibi.

References:

• ·       Engaging south Asian religions: Boundaries, Appropriations and Resistances by Matthew N. Schmalz
• ·       Infochangeindia.org
• ·       The Sundarbans: Folk Deities, Monsters and Mortals by Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar
• ·       Sundorboner Loukik Debdebi O Murti Vabona by Krishnakali Mondal
• ·       In The Lagoons Of The Gangetic Delta- Google books
• ·       Mouley- Honey collectors of Sundarbans and their ITKs by Monanjali Bandyopyadhay
• ·       Wikipedia
• ·       Google images