Financial help is yet to arrive in support of the efforts of the monks at Attahas near Dakshindihi in Burdwan who are attempting to conserve a forest that shelters thousands of migratory birds. A flooding local river has destroyed trees of the forest over the years. And, with no dyke for protection, gradually the forest is losing its density, endangering the birds. Though the forest is not a formal sanctuary, over the years the monks have been fighting to protect the jungle. Their greater motivation is not to protect the place for their own meditation, but to conserve precious nature itself. Attahas, a holy place for Hindus, is worshiped as the shakti peethas (holy places of cosmic power) by pilgrims. According to local history, a monk, Bhola Baba, came here to meditate 300 years ago. Since then this jungle has been favoured by monks for their meditation. Monks spend their time in forest conservation beside their daily meditations. Trees precious to them like arjuna, baniyan, mahagoni, bakul were swept away by devastating floods on three occasions. Yet the monks are fighting to save the forest, as it gives shelter to thousands of migratory birds. At present only 27 bighas of forested land are left standing. Sevak Ramdas, who lives amongst the monks said that round the year they seek financial assistance from the locals so that they can plant more trees and thereby increase the forest area.