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Annada Mangal (Bharatchandra Ray, 1752-53)
The Bengali narrative poem in three books written for Krishnachandra of Nadia: the first tells Sati and Daksha, Parvati's birth and wedding, the famine Annapurna makes and the feeding of Shiva, Vishvakarma's building of her city at Kashi, and Vyasa's failed rival Kashi; the second is Vidya and Sundar; the third Mansingh and Bhabananda Majumdar, the patron's ancestor.
Sources: Wikipedia: Annapurna (goddess); Annapurna Devi Mandir; Annada Mangal; Bharatchandra Ray; Reviews of In Praise of Annada (Murty Classical Library translation of Bharatchandra's Annadamangal): the complete review; Parabaas; Banglapedia: Agamani-vijaya; Mangalkavya (Annadamangal) · see Annada Mangal (Bharatchandra Ray, 1752-53)'s web