Tulsidas

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Tulsidas was a 16th-century Indian poet-saint best known for composing the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Ramayana in the vernacular that deeply influenced North Indian devotional culture.

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Tulsidas canonical 10
Goswami Tulsidas 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious leader
bhakti movement figure
devotional writer
poet
saint
associatedWithDeity Hanuman
Rama
basedOn Valmiki Ramayana
linked to: Ramayana
countryOfCitizenship India
describedAs poet-saint of India
era 16th century
Mughal period
ethnicGroup Indian
follows Rama-centric Vaishnavism
linked to: Vaishnavism
fullName Goswami Tulsidas
linked to: Tulsidas
gender male
genre devotional poetry
epic poetry
religious literature
honorificPrefix Goswami
linked to: Swami
influenced Hindi literature
North Indian devotional culture
Rama bhakti traditions
languageOfWorkOrName Awadhi
Braj
Hindi
mainInterest Bhakti
Hindu theology
Rama devotion
movement Bhakti movement
name Tulsidas
notableWork Barvai Ramayan
Dohavali
Gitavali
Hanuman Chalisa
Janaki Mangal
Kavitavali
Krishna Gitavali
Parvati Mangal
Ramcharitmanas
Ramlala Nahachhu
Satsai
Vairagya Sandipini
Vinaya Patrika
occupation author
philosopher
poet
religious leader
saint
philosophicalSchool Rama bhakti
placeOfActivity Ayodhya
Varanasi
region North India
linked to: northern India
religion Hinduism
workFocusesOn Rama
Ramayana
wrote Dohavali
Gitavali
Hanuman Chalisa
Kavitavali
Ramcharitmanas
Vairagya Sandipini
Vinaya Patrika
wroteInScript Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

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Braj Bhasha hasNotablePoet Tulsidas
Bhakti movement keyFigure Tulsidas
Ramcharitmanas author Tulsidas
Hanuman Chalisa author Tulsidas
Hanuman Chalisa attributedTo Goswami Tulsidas
linked to: Tulsidas
Tulsidas name Tulsidas
Tulsidas fullName Goswami Tulsidas
linked to: Tulsidas