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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Goswami Tulsidas
गोस्वामी तुलसीदास | Statue of Goswami Tulsidas at Kanch Mandir,Tulsi Peeth, Chitrakuta, India | Born | Rambola
1497 or 1532[1]
Rajapur (present-dayChitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh, India) | Died | 1623
Assi Ghat, Varanasi (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) | Titles/honours | Gosvāmī, Abhinavavālmīki,Bhaktaśiromaṇi, etc | Guru | Naraharidāsa | Philosophy | Vaishnavism | Literary works | Ramcharitmanas,Vinaypatrika, Dohavali,Kavitavali, Hanuman Chalisa,Vairagya Sandipani, Janaki Mangal, Parvati Mangal, and others | Quotation | I bow down to the whole world by folding both hands, considering it to be born out ofSita and Rama.[2] |
Tulsidas (Devanagari: तुलसीदास, Hindi pronunciation: [t̪ʊls̪iːd̪aːs̪], also known as Goswami Tulsidas;[3] 1497/1532[1]–1623) was a Hindupoet-saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion to the god Rama. A composer of several popular works, he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas was acclaimed in his lifetime to be a reincarnation of Valmiki, the composer of the original Ramayana in Sanskrit.[4] He is also considered to be the composer of the Hanuman Chalisa, a popular devotional hymn dedicated to Hanuman, the divine devotee of Rama.[5] Tulsidas spent most of his life in the city of Varanasi.[6] The Tulsi Ghat in Varnasi is named after him.[3] He founded the Sankatmochan Templededicated to Hanuman in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of Hanuman.[7] Tulsidas started the Ramlilaplays, a folk-theatre adaption of the Ramayana.[8] He has been acclaimed as one of the greatest poets in Hindi, Indian, and worldliterature.[9][10][11][12] The impact of Tulsidas and his works on the art, culture and society in India is widespread and is seen to date in vernacular language, Ramlila



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