Tulsi Ghat, a prominent Ghat in Varanasi in honor of famous saint poet Tulsi Das, is a significant place is Varanasi. The poet Tulsi Das had written the famous scholarly religious work Ram Charit Manas spending many years in this holy ghat. The mythology says that when the manuscript of his work fell in to the holy water of Ganga, it float aloft without sinking. Tulsi Das got motivated from the pristine Lord Ram temple located at the bank of the river Ganges. It is believed that the story of Rama (Ramlila) was performed at this place for the first time. Many reminiscences of Tulsi Das are still available in this Ghat. The house where he attained Moksha, pillow, wooden clogs, Samadhi place and a cute idol of Lord Hanuman are preserved here.
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