Anandamath

Anandamath
Title page of the second edition of the books
AuthorBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Original titleআনন্দ মঠ
TranslatorJulius J. Lipner
LanguageBengali
Genre(Nationalist)
PublisherRamanujan University Press, India
Publication date
1882
Publication placeIndia
Published in English
2005, 1941, 1906
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages336 pp

Anandamath (Bengali: আনন্দমঠ Anondomôţh) (lit. The Abbey of Bliss) is a Bengali historical novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and published in 1882. It is inspired by and set in the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion and Great Bengal famine of 1770. It is considered one of the most important novels in the history of Bengali and Indian literature.

Vande Mataram, "Hail to the Motherland ", first song to represent India as the Motherland was published in this novel.