Paper short abstract:

The present study is on the Tibetan Bhutias who live in the areas of Darjeeling, west Bengal, India. These people are very much exposed to the tourism sector as the area under study is one of the tourist destinations.The changes which have come in their local beliefs has touched their interpretations regarding cosmology and myths.

Paper long abstract:

Tourism is a growing industry in the NEFA states today. While, recognizing a tribal culture it is important to recognize the importance of their mythical values. This is because the mythical and cosmologic values of a culture are an important part of it. Among the Tibetan Bhutias the tourism has been a great source of change and the changes thus brought have also great impact on the myths and cosmologies too. The tribal people have come in contact of the western thoughts and the scientific rational thoughts. Although the elder Tibetan Bhutias still believe in same age old thoughts and myths and cosmologic values yet the new generation has shown inclination towards the scientific thoughts and rational beliefs. They think that mythology has a different stand but in present times, science and rationalism is more important. The commercialization of the goods have brought lag between the thought and action of myth and cosmology.