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Portrait or photograph of Tulsidas: Raja Sansar Chand and saint Tulsidas paying homage to Rama and Sita. Opaque watercolor on paper. 28.4 x 20.1 cm. Kangra, 182

Virtual Memorial

Tulsidas

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Tulsidas, remembered for Ramcharitmanas, Hindi literature, Devotional poetry.

1532 - 1623Varanasi, India
Portrait or photograph of Tulsidas: Stamp by India post on Gosvami Tulsidas
Stamp by India post on Gosvami Tulsidas Indian Post - stamp more than 60 years old, http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/snibandh/2003/tulsi.htm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Tulsidas Is Remembered

Tulsidas is remembered for ramcharitmanas, hindi literature, devotional poetry. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Tulsidas.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Varanasi, India is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Tulsidas's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

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.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Tulsidas: en:Goswami Tulsidas Awadhi Hindi poet and composer of the en:Ramcharitmanas

en:Goswami Tulsidas Awadhi Hindi poet and composer of the en:Ramcharitmanas

Mohan, 1949, Personal copy of book Ramcharitmanas by en:Goswami Tulsidas , published by Sri Ganga Publishers, Gai Ghat, Benaras, 1949. Scanned and uploaded by Fowler&fowler ( talk ) 14:29, 22 November 2011 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Source
Portrait or photograph of Tulsidas: Illustration from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas (1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775; 62.7 x 134.5 cm Mehrangarh Museum Trust

Illustration from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas (1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775; 62.7 x 134.5 cm Mehrangarh Museum Trust

Unknown author Unknown author, http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/past_exhibitions/2009/indian_summer/garden_and_cosmos.aspx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Tulsidas: A Prince Visits the Poet Tulsidas ca. 1700-1710 Sisodia dynasty Opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 49.2 W: 44.6 cm Udaip

A Prince Visits the Poet Tulsidas ca. 1700-1710 Sisodia dynasty Opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 49.2 W: 44.6 cm Udaipur, Mewar, India Purchase F1986.13

Unknown, http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectNumber=F1986.13, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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