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(२८२) able poet. The shrine also contains a stone figure said to be an effigy of the poet, of celes- tial origin, and to have been found buried in the sand near Rajapur, Local tradition says that Tulsi Das became acquainted with Rajapur through his having married into a Brahman family in Mahowa, Tahsil Sirathu, district Allahabad. There are some peculiar customs in vogue at Rajapur, derived from the precept of Tulsi Das. No houses are allowed to be built of stone or masonry, even the richest live in mud houses : only temples are made of masonry. No barbers are ever allowed to settle within the town, and no dancing-girls, except of the caste of Beriahs, are allowed to live within it. Kumhars are also interdicted from residence, and all gharas and pots are brought in from outside. The rules, however are now so far relaxed as to be held to apply only to the precincts of Tulsi Das' house. Tulsi Das was born in Sambat 1631 and died at Benares in 1680. The following verses give the date of the poto's death :- Sambat Sorah sai assi Assi gang ke tir, Sawan Shukla saptami, Tulsi taja sarir.