The Sacred Lake of the Deeds of Ram

Tulsidas's 'Ramcharitmanas'

We continue our discussion on the Bhakti Ramayanas with a brief look at Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas.

Tulsidas, amongst the most important of the saint-poets of the medieval Bhakti movement in northern India, is also Hindi’s most renowned poet. In 1574, he commenced the composition of his Ramcharitmanas. Tulsi’s epic poem, which tells the story of Ram in Aw…