Tulsidas
Hindu saint and poet (1532–1623), author of the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa
- Lived
- 1532–1623
Updated September 2026
About Tulsidas
Rambola Dubey, popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās, was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana, based on Rama's life, in the vernacular Awadhi language.
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