Tulsi Ghat✓ Verified

Where Goswami Tulsidas composed part of the Ramcharitmanas; home of the Nag Nathaiya leela.

Tulsi Ghat is named after the poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas, who lived here and composed part of the Ramcharitmanas. Each year the ghat hosts the centuries-old Nag Nathaiya leela, re-enacting Krishna subduing the serpent Kaliya.

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