Mythology in Indian Fiction

Fascination towards ancient knowledge through re-visitation of Myth happens to be the new acquired fashion of majority of recent novelists of Indian English Literature. The sudden shift in the trend has motivated the research to study and explore the changing significance of myth due to the revisitations. The research intends to study the purpose, the pattern and analyze how the revisitations are attempting to bridge the past and the present. The main focus is to explore the relevance of revisited myth in the current context. The methodology used is qualitative research and has chosen The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of Nagas, The Oath of Vayuputras written by Amish Tripathi; The Mahabharata Secret written by Christopher C. Doyle and Chanakya's Chant written by Ashwin Sanghi as the primary sources to evaluate how 'Myth' is revisited by the recent writers to rationalize it, to influence the readers by using the mythical archetypes to refine the social construct, to understand how the authors are reinterpreting myth as ancient knowledge and thereby promoting mythical studies.