Tulasidas

Goswami Tulsidas (1532-1623) was a medieval Hindi poet and philosopher. He was born in Rajapur, India in the district of Banda in Uttar Pradesh, in Samvat during the reign of Humayn. He was married to Ratnavali. He wrote Ramcharitamanas (The Lake that is the Story of Rama), an epic devoted to Rama. This work is still very popular among Hindus.

Tulsidas was a Sarayuparina Brahmin by birth and is regarded as an incarnation of Valmiki, the author of Ramayana written in Sanskrit. Tulsidas wrote twelve books and is considered the greatest and most famous of Hindi poets. The most famous book is his Ramayan—Ram-charit-manas—in Hindi. This public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.