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Tulsidas

Tulsidas was a Hindu poet-saint of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century India, traditionally dated to about 1532–1623 (some traditions give 1497–1623), who composed his works in Awadhi and Braj Bhasha. He is best known as the author of the Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the story of Rama in Awadhi verse, and he is also traditionally credited with the Hanuman Chalisa, the Kavitavali, the Gitavali, and other devotional works addressed to Rama. He is widely revered in the Hindu tradition, and the Ramcharitmanas remains widely read in northern India.

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