Rambola Dubey (Soron, Uttar Pradesh, 1543. – Varanasi, 1623.), poznat kao Tulsidas, bio je vaišnavski svetac i pjesnik, poznat po svojoj predanosti bogu Rami. Napisao je nekoliko poznatih sanskrtskih, avadiskih i brađbaških djela, no najpoznatiji je po djelu Hanuman Chalisa te epu Ramcharitmanas, prepjevu Ramajane na jeziku awadhi.
Većinu svog života Tulsidas je proveo u Banarasu (danas Varanasi) i Ayodhyji.: »Although he paid occasional visits to several places of pilgrimage associated with Rama, his permanent residence was in Kashi.« Ghat Tulsi na Gangesu u Varanasiju nazvan je po njemu. Tulsidas je osnovao hram Sankat Mochan Hanuman u Varanasiju, za koji se vjeruje da je izgrađen na mjestu gdje je Hanuman uočen. Također je započeo tradiciju Ramlila, pučkih izvedbi Ramajane.: »... this book ... is also a drama, because Goswami Tulasidasa started his Ram Lila on the basis of this book, which even now is performed in the same manner everywhere.«
Proglašen je jednim od najboljih pjesnika indijske, hindske i svjetske književnosti.: He is not only the supreme poet, but the unofficial poet-laureate of India.: Of Tulasidasa's place among the major Indian poets there can be no question: he is as sublime as Valmiki and as elegant as Kalidasa in his handling of the theme. Njegov se golem utjecaj na suvremenu umjetnost Indije očituje u vernakularu, Ramlilama, klasičnoj glazbi Hindustana, popularnoj glazbi i televizijskim serijama.: ... – scores of lines from the Rāmcaritmānas have entered folk speech as proverbs – ...: The hottest-selling recording in the thriving cassette stalls of Banaras in 1984... was a boxed set of eight cassettes comprising an abridged version of the Manas sung by the popular film singer Mukesh... it is impossible to say how many of the sets were sold, but by 1984 their impact was both visible and audible. One could scarcely attend a public or private religious function in Banaras that year without hearing, over the obligatory loudspeaker system, the familiar strains of Murli Manohar Svarup's orchestration and Mukesh's mellifluous chanting.: On 25 January 1987, a new program premiered on India's government-run television network, Doordarshan... it was the first time that television was used to present a serialized adaption of a religious epic. The chosen work was the Ramayan and the major source for the screenplay was the Manas. Long before the airing of the main story concluded on 31 July 1988, the Ramayan had become the most popular program ever shown on Indian television, drawing an estimated one hundred million viewers and generating unprecedented advertising revenues. Throughout much of the country, activities came to a halt on Sunday mornings and streets and bazaars took on a deserted look, as people gathered before their own and neighbors' TV sets.... The phenomenal impact of the Ramayan serial merits closer examination than it can be given here, but it is clear that the production and the response it engendered once again dramatized the role of the epic as a principal medium not only for individual and collective religious experience but also for public discourse and social and cultural reflection.
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Tulsīdās, Hrvatska enciklopedija Tulsidas, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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