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	'''''The Man from Chinnamasta''''' is a novel published in 2005 and written by [[Indira Goswami]], who was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Indira+Goswami India Club]</ref> in 1983, the [[Jnanpith Award]]<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18170790.htm Frontline Vol 18 Issue 17]</ref> in 2001 and the [[Prince Claus Awards]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.princeclausfund.org/nl/what_we_do/awards/PrinceClasuAwardIndiraGoswami.shtml Prince Claus Foundation Citation]</ref> Set in pre-independence British Assam, it was written with a specific political vision : to exhort her readers to protest against the practice of [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism\|animal sacrifice]] in the ancient [[Kamakhya Temple]] in [[Assam]]. Once published, it took Assam by storm<ref>[~~http~~://kathamedia.blogspot.com/2006/11/man-from-chinnamasta-comes-to-chennai.html Katha in the News]</ref> because of its [[subversive]] nature. The [[Brahmin]]s especially took offence for her frank demand to remove an ancient practice in the most important [[Shakti]] ~~temple~~ of the world.		'''''The Man from Chinnamasta''''' is a novel published in 2005 and written by [[Indira Goswami]], who was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Indira+Goswami India Club]</ref> in 1983, the [[Jnanpith Award]]<ref>{{usurped\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20010908041741/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18170790.htm Frontline Vol 18 Issue 17]}}</ref> in 2001 and the [[Prince Claus Awards]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.princeclausfund.org/nl/what_we_do/awards/PrinceClasuAwardIndiraGoswami.shtml Prince Claus Foundation Citation]</ref> Set in pre-independence British Assam, it was written with a specific political vision : to exhort her readers to protest against the practice of [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism\|animal sacrifice]] in the ancient [[Kamakhya Temple]] in [[Assam]]. Once published, it took Assam by storm<ref>[https://kathamedia.blogspot.com/2006/11/man-from-chinnamasta-comes-to-chennai.html Katha in the News]</ref> because of its [[subversive]] nature. The [[Brahmin]]s especially took offence for her frank demand to remove an ancient practice in the most important [[Shakti temple]] of the world.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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{{Infobox book | 
| name = ''The Man From Chinnamasta''
| title_orig = ''Chinnamastar Manuhtu''
| translator = Prashanta Goswami
| image = The Man from Chinnamasta.jpg
| caption = First English edition cover, painting by [[Tyeb Mehta]]
| author = [[Indira Goswami]]
| cover_artist =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series =
| genre = [[Assamese Literature]]
| publisher = [[Katha Books]]
| release_date =
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]]
| pages = 200
| isbn = 81-89020-38-2
| congress= MLCS 2006/01346 (P) PK1569.G578
| oclc=
| preceded_by =
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}}

'''''The Man from Chinnamasta''''' is a novel published in 2005 and written by [[Indira Goswami]], who was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Indira+Goswami India Club]</ref> in 1983, the [[Jnanpith Award]]<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18170790.htm Frontline Vol 18 Issue 17]</ref> in 2001 and the [[Prince Claus Awards]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.princeclausfund.org/nl/what_we_do/awards/PrinceClasuAwardIndiraGoswami.shtml Prince Claus Foundation Citation]</ref> Set in pre-independence British Assam, it was written with a specific political vision : to exhort her readers to protest against the practice of [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism|animal sacrifice]] in the ancient [[Kamakhya Temple]] in [[Assam]]. Once published, it took Assam by storm<ref>[http://kathamedia.blogspot.com/2006/11/man-from-chinnamasta-comes-to-chennai.html Katha in the News]</ref> because of its [[subversive]] nature. The [[Brahmin]]s especially took offence for her frank demand to remove an ancient practice in the most important [[Shakti]] temple of the world.

==Plot==
The novel follows the relationship of Dorothy Brown, a British woman in Assam, and her relationship with a [[tantra|tantric]] of the [[Kamakhya Temple]] in Assam. Ratnadhar and Bidhibala's -the child widow's- story runs parallel to this narrative. Ratnadhar organizes a signature campaign against the practice and faces many troubles in the process.

==Significance==
The novel is also a scholarly account of Indira Goswami's quest and hard work. The Man from Chinnamasta, the tantric who is the protagonist, constantly discusses the ancient Sanskrit scriptures and substantiates his demand to stop animal sacrifice. He demonstrates the various alternatives that ''[[Debi Bhagavat]]'', ''[[Yogini Tantra]]'' and ''[[Kalika Purana]]'' furnish to animal sacrifice.

==See also==
*[[Assamese literature]]
*''[[Pages Stained With Blood]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100513023216/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/04/01/stories/2007040100120300.htm Struggle for change (review)]

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[[Category:Assamese literature]]
[[Category:2005 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in Assam]]

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