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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

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