Chhayavaad

Chhayavaad refers to the romantic upsurge in the Hindi literature particularly poetry, which began in early 19th century.

Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Varma are considered as the four pillars of Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature.

Jaishankar Prasad's Kamayani is considered as the first magnum opus of this school.