- He was a contemporary of Akbar.
- He wrote ‘Ramcharit Manas’ in the language of Avadi
- He founded the Sankatmochan Templededicated to Lord Hanuman in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of the deity
- Tulsidas started the Ramlilaplays, a folk-theatre adaption of the Ramayana
- Other works of Tulsidas include: Dohavali, Sahitya ratna or Ratna Ramayan, Gitavali , Krishna Gitavali or Krishnavali and Vinaya Patrika