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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Tulsi Ghat
| image = Tulsi Ghat.jpg
| coordinates = {{coord|25|17|23.4|N|83|0|23.435|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

'''Tulsi Ghat''' is one of the [[ghats in Varanasi]]. It is named for [[Tulsidas]] who lived there while he wrote the [[Ramcharitmanas]]. Earlier, Tulsi Ghat was known as Lolark Ghat. It was in the year 1941 that Tulsi Ghat was made pucca (cemented) by the famous industrialist, [[Baldeo Das Birla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varanasicity.com/tulsi-ghat.html|title=Tulsi Ghat Ganga Ghats of Varanasi|access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>

==Cultural activities at Tulsi Ghat==
[[File:Krishna Standing on Kadamba tree at Nag Nathaiya festival..jpg|thumb|Krishna Standing on Kadamba tree at Nag Nathaiya festival.]]
Tulsi Ghat is associated with a number of important activities such as [[Lolark Sasthi]] at Lolark kunda (to be blessed with sons and their long life) and the sacred bath to get rid of leprosy and skin diseases. The festival of Lolark Sasthi falls on the 6th day of the bright half of Bhadrapad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.up-tourism.com/kartik.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503112934/http://www.up-tourism.com/kartik.htm |archive-date=3 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> During the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (Oct/Nov), the ''Krishna Lila'', a play about the [[Lila (Hinduism)|lila]] of [[Krishna]] ([[Nag Nathaiya]]), is staged here with great fanfare and devotion.

==Activism at Tulsi Ghat==
[[File:Sankat Mochan Foundation office at Tulsi Ghat.JPG|thumb|Sankat Mochan Foundation office at Tulsi Ghat]]
Tulsi Ghat is the office base of [[Sankat Mochan Foundation]], a non governmental organization working to clean the river [[Ganga]] since 1982. Sankat Mochan Foundation is one of the biggest names associated with the Ganges cleaning project. Prof. [[Veer Bhadra Mishra]], an environmentalist and social activist who is also the manager of Sankat Mochan Foundation, lives at Tulsi Ghat. Prof. Mishra was awarded the [[United Nations Environment Program]]'s the [[Global 500 Roll of Honour]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.global500.org/Roll-of-Honour-/-Laureate-Database/Veer-Bhadra-Mishra.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218031933/http://www.global500.org/Roll-of-Honour-/-Laureate-Database/Veer-Bhadra-Mishra.html |archive-date=18 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tulsidas-ramcharitmanas-manuscript-stolen-from-varanasi-temple/1/165722.html |title=Tulsidas's rare manuscript stolen from Varanasi temple |first=Piyush |last=Srivastava |work=indiatoday.intoday.in |date=24 December 2011 |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>

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[[Category:Ghats in Varanasi]]

Tulsi Ghat - Revision history

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