Tulsi Ghat

One of the historic ghats of Varanasi

25°17′23.4″N 83°0′23.435″E / 25.289833°N 83.00650972°E / 25.289833; 83.00650972

Tulsi Ghat is one of the ghats in Varanasi. It is named after poet Tulsidas who lived there while he wrote the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa. Earlier, Tulsi Ghat was known as Lolark Ghat. It was in the year 1941 that Tulsi Ghat was made pucca (cemented) by industrialist, Baldeo Das Birla.^[1]

Tulsi Ghat is very accessible by boat and would suggest hiring a private boat tour on the banks of river ganga in varanasi costs approx Rs 1500 per boat trip for the entire family where you can stop and visit at all important ghats , watch the ganga sunrise instead of the group boat tours which speed through all the ghats for the morning ganga river tours.

Cultural activities at Tulsi Ghat

Tulsi Ghat is associated with a number of rituals such as Lolark Sasthi at Lolark kunda (performed for the birth and welfare of sons) and a sacred bath to rid oneself of leprosy and skin diseases. The festival of Lolark Sasthi falls on the 6th day of the bright half of Bhadrapad.^[2] During the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (Oct/Nov), the Krishna Lila, a play about the lila of Krishna (Nag Nathaiya), is staged here.

Burglary

In December 2011 the copy of the Ramcharitmanas written by Tulsidas was stolen from the Hanuman temple on Tulsi Ghat. The Awadhi language manuscript had been in the temple since 1701 after having been discovered in 1623.^[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tulsi Ghat.

^ "Tulsi Ghat Ganga Ghats of Varanasi". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "::Uttar Pradesh Tourism, Official Website of Government of Uttar Pradesh, India ::". Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Srivastava, Piyush (24 December 2011). "Tulsidas's rare manuscript stolen from Varanasi temple". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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