Purushottam Dev and Padmavati

by Manoj Das

Purushottam Dev, the Prince of Kalinga is a staunch devotee of Lord Jagannath of Puri. During a ride in a forest he meets and falls in love with Princess Padmavati of Kanchi. According to tradition, Purushottam Dev sweeps the chariot of Jagannath during the Car Festival. Padmavati's father is furious when he hears of this and refuses to marry his daughter to one who wields a broom. He humiliates Purushottam Dev who vows to take revenge despite his love for the princess. Padmavati despairs and is ready to end her life. But things suddenly take a turn for the better after Lord Jagannath himself assures Purushottam of his support.This Amar Chitra Katha is based on a legend from Orissa.

Genres: Comics

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 1971

About the author

Manoj Das, a prolific author, is among India's foremost short story writers. He writes both in Oriya (Odia) and English, and is a Professor of English at the Sri Aurobindo International University, Pondicherry.

Manoj Das was born in a small coastal village named Shankari in Balasore district, Orissa State. Since 1963, he has been an ashramite at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He is presently concentrating on writing novels.

Manoj Das is perhaps the foremost bilingual Oriya writer and a master of dramatic expression both in his English and Oriya short stories and novels. He says that:

"Characters follow the theme of a story, and the words are merely added by author to represent the thoughts of the character."

That is the precise reason why Das's characters in fiction are from so many varied backgrounds, and display many different dimensions of human nature. He is a philosopher, a thinker-writer whose works can be defined as a quest for finding the eternal truth in everyday situations.

Reviews

[Davidson Babu · Rating 5 out of 5]

The princess is true to her heart!

The princess proved that she was true to her heart - she married the prince whom she made her husband, in her heart! She behaved conscientiously! The story is very touching!

[Arpit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jay Jagannath

Jay Jagannath! Beautiful story about the illustrious deity. 😍 We all are servants of the almighty! I really liked it!

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice

[Krishnan Nair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing much to the story.

[Navdha Wadhwa · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's a quite good book I've been reading it from last few days with my keen interest & the author's thinking & his imagination's very great

[Anjalica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it