The Indian Sundarbans is a climate-sensitive delta region inhabited by marginalised communities and frequently affected by cyclones, storm surges, flooding, and saline water intrusion. Within this context ‘Tiger Widows’ emerge as one of the most vulnerable groups, women who have lost their husbands to tiger attacks while engaging in forest-based livelihoods due to their limited access to alternative sustainable livelihood options. This study explores how their widowhood intersects with disaster vulnerability and gendered resilience in this fragile region. The findings are drawn from seven in-depth interviews conducted with tiger widows from Bali Island, Gosaba block, in the Indian Sundarbans. The findings demonstrate how tiger widows negotiate the double jeopardy of widowhood and disaster-induced adversity through informal livelihood strategies, spiritual practices, adaptive use of local resources, and the evolving roles of women within their communities. Despite limited institutional support and recurring disasters, these women navigate everyday challenges through indigenous knowledge of their surroundings and gendered practices of resilience. This study underlines the need to address disaster resilience through a gendered lens. The study contributes to the existing literature by proposing suggestive interventions rooted in a feminist political ecology framework to build resilience, by foregrounding the lived experiences and coping strategies of widowed women living in a highly disaster-prone region.