The modern familiarity with the story of Sri Rama owes a great debt to the poet Tulsidas. The original Ramayana was written thousands of years ago by Rishi Valmiki. It was written in Sanskrit.

Tulsidas Jayanti is observed on the ‘Saptami’ (7th day) of the Krishna Paksha (the dark fortnight of moon) during the month of ‘Shravana’ in the traditional Hindu calendar. For those following the ...