An architectural panel representing events from the Ramcharitmanas, including Hanuman bringing a mountain of medical plants (left) and Rama confronting Ravana (right). Ramcharitmanas (Devanagari: shriiraamcritmaans; IAST: SriRamacaritamanasa) is an epic poem in the Awadhi language written by Tulsidas (c. 1532–1623), a 16th-century Indian bhakti poet. It is the first major work on Hinduism to be published using the English alphabet. Tulsidas was born in a family of weavers in the town of Paithan, present-day Maharashtra. He grew up hearing stories about the life of Ramachandra, which inspired him to write his own version of events called Ramcharitmanas. The work was widely accepted as definitive until the early 20th century when another poet named Kalidas wrote his own version called the "Krishna Leela". Although not considered a canonical text today, Ramcharitmanas has been popular among Hindus for many years. It has been cited in several Hindu texts including the Bhakti Sutras and the Garuda Purana. In addition to being a great poet in his own right, Tulsidas also translated many poems into Awadhi from various languages including Sanskrit, Braj, Malayalam, and Persian. He also wrote commentaries on Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata.