Chhinnamastar Abhishap (English title : The Curse of the Goddess) is a Bengali novel by Satyajit Ray featuring private detective Feluda.
Jatayu decide to visit Hazaribagh, a town situated in Jharkhand (erstwhile Bihar), India.
On their way, they meet a middle aged gentleman who introduces himself as Preetindra Choudhury working in an electronics company.
On reaching Hazaribagh, they come to know that the tiger of the Great Majestic Circus, which was performing in the town, had escaped.
Next day, the trio go to Kailash, the home of Mahesh Choudhury and meet with him and his entire household.
His household consists of his eldest son Arunendra Choudhury (who is a Kolkata-based businessman), his youngest son Preetindra Choudhury, Preetindra's wife Neelima Devi and their daughter Bibi, his friend Akhil Burman Chakraborty, and Shankarlal Misra.
Shankarlal was the son of his former watchman, Deendayal Misra who died mysteriously several years ago.
Feluda learns from those diaries that though Mahesh was very gentle during his old age, he was a rather short-tempered man during his youth.
Feluda tells Topshe and Jatayu that in the diary, Mahesh wanted to forget something by indulging in alcoholism.
Feluda tells Topshe and Jatayu that Mahesh had a rare Gibbon's stamp catalog which has been stolen.
A webseries named "Chinnomastar Obhishap" directed by Srijit Mukherjee is based on the same story.