Thread by @gowkinkara

Bedtime story:
Goswami Tulsidas a great saint, when he was born, just out of his mother's womb, uttered 'Rama', instead of crying, and was named RAM BOL. After a life of poverty, and tutelage under his guru NARAHARIDAS, he got married to a beautiful lady RATNAVALI. He was madly+

In love with her, and forgot his spiritual life. He would never leave his wife, nor does he allow his wife to visit her parents. One day RATNAVALI S brother comes to visit her, and she weeps missing her parents. Knowing her husband wouldn't allow her to leave, she locks the+

House, gives the keys to neighbours and leaves. At night, Tulsidas returns and knowing his wife went to her parents' house, he leaves to fetch her. He reaches the bank of Ganga , which was overflowing & asks the ferryman to ferry him,who utterly refuses. Tulsidas's longing was +

So intense, that he swims the flooding Ganga to the other shore, and reaches his in-law's place. Surprised and moved with his love RATNAVALI though happy, gets angry that he swam across the flooded Ganga, and tells him,if you had the same longing for RAMA, YOU WOULD HAVE ATTAINED

HIM BY NOW . These words Pierce his heart, and realises his mistake and with tears flowing down, bows to his wife, and leaves on journey, and reaches KASHI. He finds a place there and daily does his anushtana, Sandhya Vandana, and pours the water in the nearby tree, and slips +

Into deep meditation. Incidentally, that tree happens to be an abode of a brahmarakshasa, and by getting the continuous mantra jala, the Brahma rakshas attains vimukti, and appears in front of Tulsidas, bows to him and tells about him, and says , as a gratitude I will give you a

Boon. Tulsidas then asks him to show RAMA. To which he replies, that wish is beyond his capability, but he can show someone, who would show him RAMA. The Brahma rakshas says, give a pravachan on Rama, and whoever comes first and leaves last, and who gets into ecstasy listening+

To RAMA NAMA, That person is HANUMAN, and he would be able to show you Rama . Happy with this, the next day, Tulsidas announces a pravachan and as soon as Rama nama Sankeertana starts, an old man with torn clothes in a pathetic condition comes, and sits in a corner, and gets into

Ecstasy listening to Rama nama, and when everyone leaves he still waits there delving in bhakti, and finally leaves. Tulsidas follows him into the forest, and when the old man turns to him and asks him why he is following, he falls on his feet and says that he recognised him, and

He requests him to show RAMA. After a long denial, Hanuman finally reveals his self, and asks Tulsidas to leave to Chitrakoot, where he would have the darshana of Rama. The place where Tulsidas had the darshan of Hanuman is NOW SANKATMOCHAN HANUMAN MANDIR. It is said that those +

Who continuously chant Rama nama here, or write RAMAKOTI here in the temple, would surely be blessed with Rama darshan. And anyone with serious problems, if they do Rama nama japa here for 40 days along with Hanuman chalisa, would definitely come out of those problems.🙏