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VOl. 12 No. 2
The Mythical Creature

The tiger is supposed to have mythical powers as per the Indian mythology. Many unique qualities are attributed to the
tiger and it is known to have immense power and strength.

in indian mythology, the tiger is believed to have powers
to do everything from fighting dragons to creating rains.
The tiger is revered and represented as a symbol of
power, strength and beauty. The tiger deity is believed
to keep children safe from nightmares and has healing
properties.
Punyasha Mohanty, VIII F, and Piyush Kumar Behera, IX F, DAV Public
School, Bhubaneshwar; Arathi Sreekumar, IX, Lecole Chempaka
Society for Educare, Trivandrum

in the sundarbans, it is believed that the hindu goddess
banobibi or Dakshin rai protects the people from
demons, crocodiles and even the wrath of the tiger. so Illustration by: Kongsangthu, 6, Green Fields School, Delhi
before setting out into the Tiger reserve, people make an in the earlier times the kings used to hunt tigers because
offering of sweets, rice and fruits to please the goddess. they were considered to be the wildest and ferocious of
Music is also played in order to please Dakshin rai.
all the animals and if someone captured or killed them,
Souptik Roy, V D, Salt Lake School, Kolkata they were given a title of ‘sher-e-bahadur’ .

Kirti Kashyap, IX, V.V.D.A.V. Public School, Vikaspuri, Delhi

legend says that Chhatrapati shivaji grew up with tigers
and had the powers as strong as that of a tiger. it is even
believed that in his childhood, shivaji was fed by a tigress
which made him even stronger.
Somya Bhargava, IX, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram,
Pratapnagar, Jaipur

The warli tribe of Maharashtra worships the tiger as
Vaghdeva. They believe that the tiger is the greatest of all
gods. They donate a part of their harvest every season to
the tiger as a symbol of life and regeneration. according to
a popular legend among the warlis, the tiger is a symbol
of fertility. when a warli tribesman hears a tiger roar or
spots a tiger’s pug mark, he screams “paoona ala” which
means the guest has come. Then he breaks a coconut
over the tiger’s pug mark and smear it with colour.
Zikra Naeem, VIII G, Greenwood Sr. Sec. School, Rampur; Devanshi
Dhawan, X F, DAV International School, Amritsar; Akash, VIII D, Army
Public School, Bolarum, Secunderabad

Illustration by: Mohit Sharma, IX, D.A.V. Public School, Sec-14, Faridabad

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