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Ramlila is a compound Sanskrit words "Rama" (a Vishnu avatar) and "Lila" (play, game, sport). According to James Lochtefeld, the word connotes a "playful drama about Rama", where it is both entertainment and a "deeply serious religious act" that has spiritual significance to both the actors and the audience.
Thumak Chalat Ram Chandra is a bhajan (Hindu devotional song) written in the 16th century by the poet Goswami Tulsidas. The bhajan glorifies Shri Rama and his characteristics during the childhood. [1] Shri Tulsidasji describes Lord Rama's eyes, ears, and ornaments.
The staging of the Ram Lila is based on the Ramacharitmanas, the sacred text to the glory of Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, was composed by Tulsidas in the sixteenth century. Ramleela, meaning "Rama's play", is a performance of the epic Ramayana in the form of a series of scenes that include song, narration, recital and dialogue. [citation needed]
A public dramatic performance, known as Ramlila, is annually hosted on the festivals of Rama Navami and Vijayadashami. [27] [28] Ramlila encapsulates the story of Rama through music, drama, dance and various other mediums. [29] The enactments of Ramlila are inspired by the Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas. [10]
Tulsi Manas Mandir (Hindi: तुलसी मानस मंदिर) is one of the most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi.This temple has great historical and cultural importance in Hinduism since the ancient Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas was originally written at this place by Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher Goswami Tulsidas in the 16th century (c. 1532–1623).
Vinaya Patrika (Letter of petition [1]) is a devotional poem composed by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas (c. 1532 – c. 1623), containing hymns to different Hindu deities, especially to Rama. [2] The language of the text is Braj Bhasha. [1] Vinaya Patrika is an important work of medieval Hindi Literature and Bhakti movement.
C. G. Rajagopal is a polyglot, poet and translator from Kerala, India.He received many awards including the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2019, a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.
It is believed to have been either written by Tulsidas (or based on his work Ramcharitmanas) [5] or based on a 17th-century sung-prayer by the Marathi saint-poet Ramdas. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is also claimed to have been taken from Nama Ramayana (or Sri Nama Ramayanam ), attributed to Lakshmanacharya.