Yogmaya (novel)
{{Short description|2018 Nepali novel by Neelam Karki Niharika}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Yogmaya
| image = Yogmaya-cover.jpg
| author = Neelam Karki Niharika
| language = Nepali
| country = Nepal
| genre = Historical
| publisher = Sangri-La Books
| isbn = 9789937708197
| pub_date = 2018
| genres = Historical
| awards = Madan Puraskar, 2074
| title_orig = योगमाया
| pages = 503
| caption = Cover page of the book
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| preceded_by = Cheerharan
| followed_by = 43 Katha
| orig_lang_code = ne
}}
Yogmaya ({{Langx|ne|योगमाया}}) is a historical novel by Neelam Karki Niharika.{{Cite web|last=Khadka|first=Anwesha|title=Getting to know more about the author of 'Yogmaya'|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/68035/|access-date=2021-10-07|website=My City|language=en}} This book was published on February 17, 2018, by Sangri-La books.{{Cite web|title='चर्चित हुन योगमाया लेखेको होइन'|url=https://annapurnapost.com/news/91231|access-date=2021-12-02|website=‘चर्चित हुन योगमाया लेखेको होइन’|language=en}} It won the Madan Puraskar, 2074 B.S.{{Cite web|title=Karki awarded Madan Puraskar for Yogmaya|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2018/08/28/karki-awarded-madan-puraskar-for-yogmaya|access-date=2021-10-07|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}{{Cite web|last=Republica|title='Yogmaya' wins Madan Puraskar and Shanta Das Manandhar bags Jagadamba-Shree|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/48556/|access-date=2021-10-07|website=My City|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=This year's Madan Puraskar conferred on Karki - OnlineKhabar English News|date=11 October 2018 |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/this-years-madan-puraskar-conferred-on-karki.html|access-date=2021-10-07|language=en-GB}} This book is based on the life of the activist Yogmaya Neupane. This novel provides an overall understanding of the women's rights movement in Nepal.
Synopsis
Yogmaya is based on the life of female protagonist Yogmaya Neupane (1860-1941), a religious leader and women rights activists born in Bhojpur, who fought against the autocratic Rana regime.{{Cite web|title=5 books on Nepali women by Nepali women - OnlineKhabar English News|date=17 March 2021 |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/books-on-nepali-women-by-nepali-women.html|access-date=2021-10-07|language=en-GB}}
Reception
The book won the Madan Puraskar for the year 2074 BS (April 2017 - April 2018). The book was shortlisted along Kairan by Dhruba Satya Pariyar, Nathiya by Saraswoti Pratikshya, Paathshala by Tirtha Gurung, Bhuyan by Yagyasha, Yaar by Nayanraj Pandey, Lumbini Gaun by Raj Manglak and Himali Darshan by Mohan Baidya.{{Cite web|last=Republica|title=Karki wins Madan Puraskar; Jagadambashree to Manandhar|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/48511/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=My Republica|language=en}}
Adaptations
The book was adapted into a play by Tanka Chaulagain in 2019. Popular Nepali actress Mithila Sharma played the lead role in the play.{{Cite web|last=Lama|first=Kiran|title=Top five Nepali dramas in 2019|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/83142/|access-date=2021-10-07|website=My City|language=en}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}{{Nepali literature|state=collapsed}}
Category:21st-century Nepalese novels
Category:Cultural depictions of Nepalese people
Category:Madan Puraskar–winning works