SP: Crow appeared in Ramayan to Tulsidas?
From Online:
Literally referenced to Kak (Crow) or Sage KakaBhushundi. The character makes appearance first in Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas. It said that the Crow / Sage was a great devotee of Lord Rama & is believed to have narrated Ramayana even before Valmiki. He is believed to be a Chiranjeevi / Immortal.
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Kakbhishundi was a safe who was incarnated as a crow in his final incarnation by sage Lomas. And as a devotee of lord rama he decided to remain like that.
he is one of the Chiranjivis, an immortal living being in Hinduism who are to remain alive on Earth until the end of the current Kali Yuga.
As per the texts, one of the important quality of Kakbhushundi is that he has been gifted to stand outside of time, meaning as where the nature's cycle repeats itself, so he was able to see Ramayana played out eleven times & Mahabharata sixteen times with different results.
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