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Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu is the most popularMalayalam version of theSanskritHindu epicRamayana. It is believed to have been written byThunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan in the early 17th century,[1] and is considered to be a classic ofMalayalam literature and an important text in the history of Malayalam language. It is a retelling of the Sanskrit workAdhyatma Ramayana inKilippattu (bird song) format.[2][3] Ezhuthachan used theGrantha-based Malayalam script to write hisRamayana, although theVatteluttu writing system was the traditional writing system ofKerala then.[4] Recitation ofAdhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu is very important in Hindu families in Kerala. The month of Karkitakam in theMalayalam calendar is celebrated as the Ramayana recitation month and Ramayana is recited in Hindu houses and temples across Kerala.[5]
Tradition ascribes the authorship of the SanskritAdhyatma Ramayana toRamananda since it is said to be an integral part of theBrahmanda Purana.[citation needed] However, some scholars attribute it to the period 14th - 15th century CE and the author as unknown. TheAdhyatma Ramayana is the portrayal of a conversation between the godShiva and his wifeParvati, as reported by the godBrahma to the sageNarada. It is this work that providedTulasidas with the inspiration to compose his immortal work, theRamacharitamanasa.[6] This is the same work which was translated by Thunchathu Ezhuthachan intoMalayalam in the form ofKilippattu, a South Indian genre in which a parrot recites the text to the poet.[7]
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