Indulekha (novel)

Indulekha
The title page of first edition.
AuthorO. Chandu Menon
Original titleഇന്ദുലെഖാ
LanguageMalayalam
GenreNovel
PublisherAuthor (1889), Educational & General Book Depot. Kozhikode (1890)
Publication date
9 December 1889
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages498
Original text
ഇന്ദുലെഖാ at Internet Archive

Indulekha is a Malayalam novel written by O. Chandu Menon. Published in 1889, it was the first major novel in the Malayalam language. It was a landmark in the history of Malayalam literature and initiated the novel as a new flourishing genre. The novel is about a beautiful, well-educated lady of a Nair tharavad.