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	To regard one's girl and shield her from any circumstance is the obligation of each father. There's no more prominent sin than manhandling one's girl and saving even a look towards with sick aim.		To regard one's girl and shield her from any circumstance is the obligation of each father. There's no more prominent sin than manhandling one's girl and saving even a look towards with sick aim.
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		+	=World records=
		+	==The longest recorded song==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tulsidas-epic-now-worlds-longest-recorded-song/articleshow/100514065.cms?from=mdr# May 26, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	VARANASI: Shri Ramcharitmanas’, composed and recorded in a single track by Banaras Hindu University’s vedic science teacher Jagadeesh Pillai, is now world's longest recorded song. The Guinness World Records has acknowledged Pillai’s feat. This is the fifth Guinness honour for Pillai in the past 11 years.
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		+	Earlier, the longest officially released song was of 115 hours 45 minutes by Mark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods from St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
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		+	Pillai composed and recorded a single track based on the entire book of the epic “Shri Ramcharitmanas.” . It is written in Awadhi language, and composed by the 16th-century bhakti poet Goswami Tulsidas.
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		+	UP minister of state, AYUSH, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’ on Wednesday met Pillai and said despite not being from a Hindi speaking state, singing such a long song in Awadhi language in such a beautiful way with bhajans and kirtans as per the rules of Guinness record, are really amazing.
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	When there is no other path for you but one that leads you to the soul path, the path of enlightenment all you need to do is connect with self and chant - “सत्यसंध छाँड़े सर लच्छा। काल सर्प जनु चले सपच्छा।।”		When there is no other path for you but one that leads you to the soul path, the path of enlightenment all you need to do is connect with self and chant - “सत्यसंध छाँड़े सर लच्छा। काल सर्प जनु चले सपच्छा।।”
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		+	=Criticisms=
		+	==A backgrounder==
		+	[https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ramcharitmanas-of-tulsidas-and-criticism-of-the-holy-book-8408589/?utm_source=newzmate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explained&utm_content=6386461&pnespid=AeR38UZZ8SUMyAmZupfAH19Uqx85mLVmqglSHPsGbsvK7oZeFMJSkSS7_eiiOonjwV4X2Mcf Written by Shyamlal Yadav, February 17, 2023: ''The Indian Express'']
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		+	''' The Ramcharitmanas '''
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		+	The poem was written in the 16th century in the Awadhi dialect that is mainly spoken in the areas that are today’s Lucknow, Prayagraj, and Ayodhya districts. It is divided into seven chapters (Kand) that tell the story of Lord Ram from birth to his becoming King of Ayodhya.
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		+	The Ramcharitmanas is based on the Ramayana, sage Valmiki’s great epic. It is the holiest book of the Indo-Gangetic region, and among the world’s most read holy books — by one estimate, Geeta Press (Gorakhpur) has sold almost 7 crore copies. Across the Hindi heartland, a reference to “Ramayan” often actually means Ramcharitmanas.
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		+	''' Goswami Tulsidas '''
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		+	Tulsidas, a Brahmin whose original name was Ram Bola Dubey, is believed to have been born in Rajapur by the Yamuna in today’s Banda district. He composed the Ramcharitmanas on the bank of the Ganga in Varanasi — he is said to have begun writing on Ram Navami day in 1574, and completed the poem over the next few years.
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		+	In the seventh shloka of the first chapter (Baal Kand), Tulsidas declares, “Swantah sukhay Tulsi Raghunathgatha…” — that is, he has written the “story of Raghunath (Lord Ram) for his own happiness”.
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		+	Tulsidas lived in the time of Emperor Akbar, and some believe that he was in touch with Abdurrahim Khan-e-Khanan, the son of Akbar’s commander Bairam Khan, and they possibly exchanged some poetic communication as well.
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		+	Tulsidas made the story of Lord Ram popular among the masses because he wrote in the regional dialect that most people understood. This earned him the ire of Sanskrit scholars of the time, and Tulsidas recorded his anguish in his Kavitawali: “...Kahoo ki beti son, beta n byahab, kahoo ki jaati bigad na sou…Maangi ke khaibo, maseet ke soibo, laibo ko eku na daibe ko dou… (I don’t have to marry my son to anyone’s daughter, nor do I have to degrade any caste… I can survive on alms and sleep at the mosque, I have nothing to do (with anyone).”
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		+	''' Portions that are criticised '''
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		+	* The main criticism is of a chaupai in Sundar Kand. Lord Ram is on the coast, but the Sea is refusing to make way. When the Lord threatens to dry the Sea out, he says, “…dhol ganwar shudra pashu naari (imbeciles, illiterates, shudras and women), sakal tadana ke adhikari.” While the Geeta Press Ramcharitmanas (54th edition, 1997) translates “taadan” as “shiksha (education)”, some critics say it means beating or reprimanding.
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		+	* In Uttar Kand, Kagbhushundi (the crow) tells Garuda, the king of birds: “Je barnadham teli kumhara, swapach kiraat koli kalwara, naari mui grih sampatti nashi, mood mudai hohin sanyasi (Lower castes like Teli, Kumhar, Chandal, Bheel, Kol and Kalwar, etc. become sanyasis by tonsuring their heads after their wife dies or they lose their wealth).”
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		+	* Later, Kagbhushundi says, “Adham jaati may shiksha paaye, bhayau jatha ahi doodh pilaye… (Educating a lower-caste person is like feeding milk to a snake).” This was the line that Bihar Minister Chandra Shekhar mentioned.
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		+	* In Aranya Kand, Lord Ram kills the demon Kabandh. When Kabandh mentions Durvasa, Lord Ram praises the sage: “Shapat, tadat parush kahanta, bipra pujya asi gavahin santa, pujiye bipra sheel gun heena, shudra na gun gan gyan praveena (Saints have said that a Brahmin should be respected even if his conduct is not good, and he curses, beats people, or speaks harshly; a Shudra cannot be respected even if he has good qualities and knowledge).”
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		+	* When Lord Ram reaches Lanka, Ravan’s wife Mandodari tries to persuade her husband not to go to war. An angry Ravan then describes the eight “avgun (bad habits)” of women.
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		+	''' Past controversies '''
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		+	While in the Ramcharitmanas, Lord Ram is maryada purushottam, the epitome of righteousness, his conduct has been criticised by leaders of anti-Brahmin movements like E V Ramasamy Periyar.
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		+	One of the 22 pledges that Dr B R Ambedkar administered to his followers while embracing Buddhism in October 1956 was: “I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna, who are believed to be incarnation of God, nor shall I worship them.”
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		+	Non-upper caste assertion in politics has sometimes been manifested in criticism of the Ramcharitmanas. Critics have used these parts of the poem to accuse Tulsidas of being against the non-upper castes and women, and a flagbearer of the idea of Brahminical superiority.
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		+	In 1974, the Socialist Party MLA from Derapur (Kanpur), Chaudhary Rampal Singh Yadav, while participating in a discussion on empowerment of Dalits, tore pages from the Ramcharitmanas in the UP Assembly. Speaker Prof Vasudev Singh frowned at Yadav’s behaviour against a “religious book”, and said “every member should respect all religious books”.
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		+	RAM CHARIT MANAS/ RAMCHARITMANAS]]

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 [[Shanta, sister of Sri Ram]]
-[[Ramleela, Ram Leela, Ramlila]]
+[[Ram Leela, Ramleela, Ramlila]]
 [[Ayodhya]]
 [[Hanuman Chalisa]]

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 =Women=
-[[File: Ram Charit Manas manuscript commissioned by the Maharaja of Jaipur.jpg| Ram Charit Manas manuscript commissioned by the Maharaja of Jaipur <br/> c. A.D. 1860|frame|500px]]
 ==Four women who must be respected as Goddesses==
 [http://www.speakingtree.in/slideshow/men-who-insult-these-4-women-invite-misery-hardship-ramacharitamanas?utm_source=special-email&utm_medium=emailer&utm_campaign=17jun  Shruti Srivastava| Ramacharitamanas: Men who insult these 4 women face misery & hardship | Speaking Tree]
+[[File: Ram Charit Manas manuscript commissioned by the Maharaja of Jaipur.jpg| Ram Charit Manas manuscript commissioned by the Maharaja of Jaipur <br/> c. A.D. 1860|frame|500px]]
 These 4 women must be respected as Goddesses!

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 =Women=
 ==Four women who must be respected as Goddesses==
 [http://www.speakingtree.in/slideshow/men-who-insult-these-4-women-invite-misery-hardship-ramacharitamanas?utm_source=special-email&utm_medium=emailer&utm_campaign=17jun  Shruti Srivastava| Ramacharitamanas: Men who insult these 4 women face misery & hardship | Speaking Tree]

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 = Astrological benefits of verses from Ramcharitmanas=
 [http://www.speakingtree.in/slideshow/ramcharitmanas-astrological-benefits-of-shlokas?utm_source=special-email&utm_medium=emailer&utm_campaign=11jun      Radhika Mehrotra | Astrological benefits of verses from Ramcharitmanas | Speaking Tree]
-[[File: The opening page of the Uttar Kand.jpg| The opening page of the Uttar Kãñd <br/> Chamba (HP) c. 1910 |frame|500px]]
+[[File: The opening page of the Uttar Kand.jpg| The opening page of the Uttar Kãñd <br/> Chamba (HP) c. AD 1810 |frame|500px]]

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 = Astrological benefits of verses from Ramcharitmanas=
 [http://www.speakingtree.in/slideshow/ramcharitmanas-astrological-benefits-of-shlokas?utm_source=special-email&utm_medium=emailer&utm_campaign=11jun      Radhika Mehrotra | Astrological benefits of verses from Ramcharitmanas | Speaking Tree]
 The Ramcharitmanas is not a mere creation but has almost magical properties to it - the verses (chaupai) can remedy any astrological problem.
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 When there is no other path for you but one that leads you to the soul path, the path of enlightenment all you need to do is connect with self and chant - “सत्यसंध छाँड़े सर लच्छा। काल सर्प जनु चले सपच्छा।।”
 =Women=
 ==Four women who must be respected as Goddesses==

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 When there is no other path for you but one that leads you to the soul path, the path of enlightenment all you need to do is connect with self and chant - “सत्यसंध छाँड़े सर लच्छा। काल सर्प जनु चले सपच्छा।।”
 =See also=
 [[Sri Ram]]