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Tulsi Manas Mandir
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Famous temples · Uttar Pradesh

Tulsi Manas Mandir

Rama temple in Durgakund, Varanasi, built of white marble

Checked 19 Oct 2026 with 2 sources2 min read

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Getting there

  • By air

    Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS) is the nearest airport.

  • By train

    Varanasi Junction (BSB) is the nearest railway station.

  • By road

    The temple is on Sankat Mochan road, 250 meters south of Durga Kund and 1.3 kilometers north of Banaras Hindu University.

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Why devotees come here

Tulsi Manas Mandir in Durgakund is one of the most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi. Legend says Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas near this spot, and the white marble walls carry its verses.

Tulsi Manas Mandir is dedicated to Rama and named after Goswami Tulsidas, the revered poet-saint. Legend says Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas near this spot in the 16th century. The temple is one of the most famous in the holy city of Varanasi.

The Sureka family built the temple in 1964 at the place where Tulsidas is said to have written the Ramcharitmanas. The Thakur Das Sureka family of Bandhaghat, Howrah, West Bengal, funded it. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India, inaugurated it.

The temple is built of white marble and set in landscaped grounds. Verses and scenes from the Ramcharitmanas are engraved on its marble walls, and the entire text is inscribed on two levels of the inner walls. The second floor has statues and scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Festivals

  • July to AugustShravan fair

    The temple grounds host a fair whose centrepiece is motorised dioramas of the major episodes of the Manas.

Tips for your visit

  • Dashashwamedh Ghat, known for the Ganga Aarti, is a suggested stop after the temple.
  • Sankat Mochan Mandir is about 700 meters north-east of the temple.
  • The Durga Temple is nearby in the same Durgakund neighbourhood.

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Questions people ask

Who was Tulsidas?

Goswami Tulsidas was a poet-saint. The temple is named after him, and the Ramcharitmanas is the epic he wrote. Legend says he wrote the Ramcharitmanas near this temple in the 16th century.

Is there a museum inside the temple?

Yes. It holds a rare collection of manuscripts and artifacts.

Where exactly is the temple?

It stands in the Durgakund area of Varanasi, near the Durga Temple, on the road that also leads to Sankat Mochan Mandir.

How should I plan the visit around the timings?

The temple has a morning and an evening session, with a break from 12 noon to 3:30 PM. Plan the visit around that break, and confirm the hours before a long trip.

When is the Shravan fair?

The fair runs each year in the month of Shravan, in July and August. Its centrepiece is a set of motorised dioramas of the major episodes of the Manas.

How we checked this page

On 19 Oct 2026 we checked every fact on this page against these sources, official ones first. Anything we could not confirm is left out.

  1. Tulsi Manas Temple, Varanasi, Incredible India (Government of India) incredibleindia.gov.in
  2. Tulsi Manas Mandir, Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org

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