Tulsidas

 

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