Chandrakanta Santati Bhag-3

Chandrakanta Santati #4

by Babu Devakinandan Khatri

Chandrakanta is a romantic fantasy novel written by Devkinandan Khatri in Hindi. Chandrakanta was written in 1888. Devki Babu was a popular writer from the first generation of modern Hindi novelist. The story is a romantic fantasy about two lovers who belong to rival kingdoms: the princess Chandrakanta of Vijaygarh, and the prince Virendra Singh of Naugarh...

Genres: Fantasy, Indian Literature

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

After his earlier education, Devkinandan Khatri moved to Tekari Estate in Gaya. He became an employee of the Raja of Benares. He started a printing press called "Lahari" and started a Hindi monthly, "Sudarshan", in 1898. The various works of Khatri and his son Durga Prasad were republished by Lahari Press in the early 21st century. Lahari Press is still in existence in Ramkatora (Pisnahariya Kuwan)very close to area called Lahurabeer in Varanasi.

Khatri made a strong contribution to the learning of the Hindi language by the people of the times. People were so mesmerised by the works Chandrakanta, Chandrakanta Santati and Bhootnath that they started to learn Hindi just to be able to read the works. Khatri did not write any work at one go and then publish the same. He used to write "bayaans" - chapters - on the run from the British and these were published and distributed widely. People would await the new "bayaans" and congregate around those who could read Hindi to hear the latest exploits in the continuing saga.

Reviews

[Arum Mishra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chandrakannta party 4

[Kandarp Shah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just awesome as usual. Not too many secrets. But cliffhanger is outstanding

[Hitesh Nariani · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25/5

[Prakash · Rating 5 out of 5]

Into the third novel of the series, but it still maintains the pace and the mystery. Hard to put down once you pick it up.