Tulsidas retells Rama's story in Awadhi as the Ramcharitmanas, the lake of Rama's deeds; the poem carries Rama devotion into north Indian homes and becomes the most beloved Hindu book of the Hindi belt, recited whole in village readings.
Tagged: Hindu Vaishnavism
The Event
- Date
- 1532–1623 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Banaras; today Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Vaishnavism
- Key figures
- Tulsidas
- Key texts
- Ramcharitmanas
Primary Sources
- Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Bryant, Krishna: A Sourcebook (Oxford, 2007)
Provenance: HIST-0322; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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