The Tulsi Manas mandir - in remembrance of Tulsidas, who translated Ramayana from Sanskrit (written by Valmiki) to Hindi dialects, called Ramcharitmanas. The temple, made of marble, hosts various art work relating to Ramayana events. It is located at Durgakund very close to the Durga Temple and around 700m from the Sankat Mochan temple. The uniqueness of this temple is that the entire Ramayana is engraved on the walls of this temple. The main deity is of Lord Ram and Mata Sita. It also has a very nice maintained garden around it. The temple is close to durga temple. The view from the top floor is good. The temple is dedicated to lord Rama and the highlight of the temple is Ramayan written on its marble wall. It is neatly maintained and has been made around 50/60 Years back. This is a nice peaceful place to sit and think whatever you want to think but you won't think anything as your eyes will mesmerize the place with Pure Peace. The technology used to create motion and all the idols created are so much old world. It is one of the important temple.It is tourist attraction temple.Environment is peacefull and calm. On the first floor you can see the museum pertaining to Ramayana. This is a temple also known as the Birla Mandir because made by them, a pure white temple,extremely clean. This temple offers you extreme peace and serenity you can imagine. It is made up of the white marble in the year 1964 and looks very attractive having beautiful garden.
History of the Tulsi Manas Mandir Temple :
The main gate of the temple has written Shri Tulsi Manas Mandir Haridwar. At the right side of the entrance gate, there is an attractive Tulsi Garden which has very calm and clean environment. The Tulsi Garden has the statue of Tulsidas which illustrates the stanza “Tulsi Das chandan ragane, tilak det Raghuvir.” On the left side of the main temple, there is a beautiful pond having four Ghats. Each bank of the temple has different statues denoting special subjects of the Hindu Epics. The northern Ghat of the pond has statue of the Shri Kakbhushundi ji, southern bank has statue of Shri Yagywalkaji Maharaj, eastern ghat has statue of Shri Ashuthosh Shankar (means Lord Shiva) and the western bank has statue of the Goswami Tulsidas Ji. Center of the temple has Ram Darbar with the Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati. The statue of all the Gods and Goddess, described in the Hindu epic, is present in the temple. The wall of the temple is described with different types of Chaupayees, Dohas, Chhandas and Sorathas. The second floor of the temple has statues and scenes of the great Hindu legends from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The temple is named after the great saint of 16th century Tulsidas.