Tulsi Ghat

Tulsi Das was an eminent, highly knowledgeable and deeply connected with masses. He, in his several literary creations, epitomized the knowledge of Vedas, Upanishadas, Aranyakas, Puranas and Smritis. These poetic lot connects easily with the masses and thus preserves and passes on the millennia old Hindu knowledge, traditions and value system to the coming generation. Tulsi Ghat in Varanasi on the bank the Ganga is a constellation of two ghats but has one name. The ghat and the building are of great interest by reason of their association with the name of Tulsi Das. He lived in the corner building which surmounts the northern portion of the ghat. The building is not a sightly structure. There are a few relics of the great saint Tulsi Das which the Hindus, pilgrims and religious researchers pay utmost respect. There is a piece of wood on which the saint is said to have crossed the Ganges. There are his wooden sandals (‘khadaun’) and one or two others articles. The matter of relics of the scholar-poet-saint is very unimportant, for he is enshrined in the hearts of the masses of the people by his "Ramcharitmanas”. Probably no religious poet of any age and country has laid hold of his own and succeeding generations as Tulsi Das has done. High and low not only revere his memory but can repeat many of his verses. Hinduism, probably, has never had a sweeter poet/singer than Tulsi Das.