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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.
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]
Sur, a devotee of Krishna and a contemporary of Tulsidas, called Tulsidas as Sant Shiromani (the highest jewel among holy men) in an eight-line verse extolling Ramcharitmanas and Tulsidas. [151] Abdur Rahim Khankhana , famous Muslim poet who was one of the Navaratnas (nine-gems) in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar, was a personal friend of ...
Tulsidas lived in the city of Varanasi until his death. [13] The Tulsi Ghat in Varnasi is named after him. [11] He founded the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple dedicated to Hanuman in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of Hanuman. [14] Tulsidas started the Ramlila plays, a folk-theatre adaption of the Ramayana. [15]
Picture of author, Tulsidas published in the Ramcharitmanas, 1949.. Tulsidas began writing the Ramcharitmanas in Ayodhya in Vikram Samvat 1631 (1574 CE). [n 2] [15] The exact date is stated within the poem as being the ninth day of the month of Chaitra, which is the birthday of Rama or Rama Navami. [15]
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.
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).