The Mystic Masseur Characters

The Mystic Masseur Character List

Ganesh Ramsumair

Ganesh is the protagonist of The Mystic Masseur. He is a masseur in colonial Trinidad, regarded as the town's practicing doctor, and eventually becomes a politician and entrepreneur using his supernatural abilities.

Leela

Leela is Ganesh's wife, a very eccentric woman who has a particular fondness for using odd punctuation. She also acts as Ganesh's helper.

Great Belcher

The "Great Belcher" is Leela's aunt. She gives Ganesh an old Hindu book which he uses to cure his patients.

Ramlogan

Ramlogan is Leela's father, an innovative, wily shopkeeper who is prone to sometimes startling mood changes. He is one of the main antagonists because of his selfish, hypocritical desires, always acting in his own interest.

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