An idea for a fantasy novel

From my beloved late husband, Timothy Balraj (note he did not work on any of these ideas after 2014):

 

The Bell: fantasy aimed at young adults, using Indian mythology, set in southern India

         Part 1 (2-3 chapters): Setup

                  Introduce boy, priest

                  A couple of incidents describing life in the temple set a little way from a village

                  Explanation of bells in general, some discussion of gods

                  Plan for THE Bell to be taken to city of temples etc etc (probably Kambakonam)

                  Laughing god-idol described

         Part 2: Violence at the Temple

                  Temple and its priest is attacked by two men, one a bad man from nearby village, the other a stranger; bells are grabbed by the local villager man; boy sees all this from a hiding place

                  The local villager bad man is killed by the stranger; stranger leaves with bells

                  Boy finds THE bell left behind

                  Priest is dying; touches the bell before dying, which was his last wish

                  Boy grabs the laughing god-idol, but he/it is inanimate

                  Boy does priest's funeral pyre, but has to escape into forest with the bell and laughing god when villagers start to arrive

         Part 3: Boy's Journey Begins

                  Boy starts travels through forest down to big river Cauvery

                  Boy finds kitten

                  Boy encounters snake goddess

                  Scenes of getting to know kitten

                  Signs of life in laughing god-idol

         Part 4: Boy Meets Others

                  Meets a girl; kitten instrumental in bringing girl into story

                  Meets a man somehow…

                  Sighting of the evil stranger, with soldiers

         Part 5: continues…

                  Arrive at River Cauvery and start traveling down it

                  Develop characters of girl and man…

                  (eventually do what priest wanted for the bell? meanwhile fight off evil stranger and soldiers with help from the laughing god and the kitten?? perhaps other mythological figures met along way?? ?)

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