Kilippattu

Kilippattu  or parrot song is a genre of Malayalam poems in which the narrator is a parrot, a bee, a swan, and so on. Kiḷippaṭṭu was popularized by the 16th-century poet Ezhuthachan (The Father Of The Malayalam language).

In Adhyathmaramayanam (work of Ezhuthachan), each chapter starts with calling of parrot and asking it tell song of Rama.

Famous kiḷippaṭṭu

 * Adhyathmaramayanam - Ezhuthachan
 * Mahabharatham kilippattu - Ezhuthachan
 * Sivapuranam kilippattu - Kunchan Nambiar
 * Devimahathmyam Kilippattu
 * Kadangot Makkam (kilippattu) - myth of Kadangot Makkam