in 1988 he became one of the four "jagadguru ramanandacharyas", the leaders of the ramananda order. he is the founder of tulsi peeth which is a religious and social service organization. it is in chitrakuta. it is named after the saint tulsidas. he is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the jagadguru rambhadracharya handicapped university. it is a university in chitrakuta and it gives graduate and postgraduate courses entirely to the four types of disabled students, having a poor physical or mental ability. jagadguru rambhadracharya became blind at the age of two months. he has never used braille or any other help to learn or compose. he can speak 22 languages, and he is a self-produced poet ("ashukavi"). he is a composer in sanskrit, hindi, avadhi, maithili and many other languages. he has written more than 80 books, which include four story telling poems (two in sanskrit and two in hindi), a hindi series of comments on the ramcharitmanas, a sanskrit series of comments on the ashtadhyayi, and a sanskrit series of comments on the "prasthanatrayi" religious books (the brahma sutra, the bhagavad gita and the main upanishads). he is seen as one of the greatest sources of information on tulsidas in india, and he is the editor of a critical edition of the ramcharitmanas. he is a famous katha artist for the ramayana and the bhagavata. his katha programmes are held regularly in different cities in india and in other countries. they are shown on many television channels like sanskar tv and sanatan tv.