The novel was also the source of the song Vande Mataram (I worship my Motherland for she truly is my mother) which, set to music by Rabindranath Tagore, was taken up by many Indian nationalists, and is now the National Song of India.
It is equivalent to Sanskrit verb 'Vande' or 'Bande' as in the song Vande Mataram.
She was chosen to sing the national anthem, Vande Mātaram, from the Red Fort in India's capital Delhi on the day India received its independence from the British Raj (August 15, 1947).
Vande Mataram | Johan Vande Lanotte | Christian Vande Velde | Vande Mātaram | Real Mataram | Mataram Sultanate | Mataram (city) | Mataram |