Goswami Tulsidas was a revered saint-poet and devotee of Lord Rama whose Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa became enduring landmarks of Hindi literature and the Bhakti tradition, featured as part of the Saint-Poets and Poets series of 1952 :
Issued by India
Issued on Oct 1, 1952
Issued for : Saint Poets and Poets series 1952. India‘s First series of stamps by Photogravure.
Design : Adapted from a painting in the Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras.
Type : Stamp, Mint condition
Colour : Crimson
Denomination : 1 Anna
Size : Vertical in design 1.6″ x 0.95″
Perforation : 14
Paper : The stamps have been printed on all over 5 pointed multiple star watermark paper
Set : 160
Printing Process : Photogravure
Name : Rambola Dubey
Born on Aug 11, 1511 at Soron, Kasganj district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died on Jul 30, 1623 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
About :
- A celebrated saint-poet of the 17th century and a contemporary of Akbar. As author of Ramcharitmanas, popular Hindi version of the Indian epic, Ramayana, his contribution to Hindi literature is unique.
- सीय राममय सब जग जानी ।
करउँ प्रनाम जोरि जुग पानी ॥ - The universe I see as pervaded by the Lord :
To Him I bow with folded hands.
- सीय राममय सब जग जानी ।
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