Tulsidas

Tulsidas

  • 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