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Meeting Shri Ram

After reaching Chitrakoot, Tulsidas set his pedestal at Ramghat. One day, he was on a circumnavigation, when he saw two handsome princes riding delightfully on horses. They were going past him with bows and arrows hung by the shoulders. Although he was mesmerized by the two young men, Tulsidas could not identify that who they actually were. After they were gone, Hanuman Ji approached him and revealed the truth that those princes were none other than Shri Ram and his brother Lakshaman. Tulsidas was filled with remorse. Meanwhile, Hanuman Ji provided him consolation that he would again get to see Shri Ram the following morning.


On the Mauni Amavasya, Wednesday, in 1607, Shri Ram again appeared...but this time in the form of a child. He approached Tulsi and said, "Baba, could you please share me Chandan (sandalwood)?". Hanuman Ji thought that what if Tulsi again gets mistaken? So, he turned himself into a parrot and recited this Doha (hymn) --- 
Chitrakoot ke ghat per bhai santan ki bheer.
Tulsidas chandan ghise, tilak det raghubeer.
(Meaning - Among the pilgrims of Chitrakoot, Tulsidas rubs sandalwood while Shri Raghubeer (Ramji) anoints it on Tulsi's forehead as a tilak)

Tulsidas lost his consciousness after experiencing Shri Ram's divine look. Shri Raghubeer himself anointed sandalwood on Tulsi's forehead with his lotus-like hand and then disappeared.

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