Shri Ramcharit Manas


Sri Ramcharitmanas is a great Hindu scripture and poetic classic written by Goswami Tulsidas. It elaborates the life and deeds of the Supreme Power - Lord Ram, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is immortal poetic classic that is one of the best in the world literature. Mahatma Gandhi considered it as the best work on Devotion. It is universally accepted & respected by all classes from all parts of India. It is one of the best works to understand the way of life of people of Upper India.

Shri Ramcharitmanas is the great epic composed by Goswami Tulsidas (1532 -1623) in 16th-century.The word "Ramcharitmanas' is made by combination of wordrs "Ram" (Lord Ram), "charit" (dees) and "manas" (lake). Hence English meaning of Ramacharitmanas is "The Lake of the Deeds of Rama".

The script used is Devanagari and the language used by Goswami Tulsidas is Awadhi - spoken in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh along the river Saryu. This is language is very similar to Hindi and is easily understandable by the Hindi speaking masses of India.