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{{Short description|Novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee}}
{{About|the novel|the film based on it|Anand Math}}
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{{infobox book 
| name          = Anandamath 
| author        = [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]]
| language      = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| country       =India
| genre         =(Nationalist)
| publisher     = Ramanujan University Press, India
| isbn          = 
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| title_orig    = আনন্দ মঠ
| translator    = [[Julius J. Lipner]]
| image         = File:আনন্দমঠ (দ্বিতীয় সংস্করণ, ১৮৮৩).djvu
| image_size    = 200px
| alt           = Title page of the second edition of the books
| caption       = Title page of the second edition of the books
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| series        =
| release_date  = 1882
| english_release_date = 2005, 1941, 1906
| media_type    = Print (Paperback)
| pages         = 336 pp
| oclc          = 
| preceded_by   =
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'''''Anandamath''''' ({{langx|bn|আনন্দমঠ}} ''Anondomôţh'') ({{abbr|lit.|literally}} The Abbey of Bliss) is a [[Bengali language|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Julius|first=Lipner|title=Anandamath|year=2005|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=978-0-19-517858-6|pages=27–59}}</ref>

''[[Vande Mataram]]'', "Hail to the Motherland ", first song to represent India  – as the [[Motherland]] was published in this novel.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Sabyasachi|title=Vande Mataram|year=2003|publisher=Penguin|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-0-14-303055-3|pages=68–95}}</ref>