Malayalam Kabi Kadha Official

The tradition of poetic storytelling in Malayalam is nearly as old as the language itself. The earliest works of Malayalam literature were themselves epic poems that laid the foundation for a culture that revered the poet as a seer and a chronicler. The Ramacharitam (late 12th or early 13th century), one of the oldest known literary works in Old Malayalam, is an epic poem that narrates the story of Rama. Even in these early days, the poet was not merely a writer but a storyteller whose verses carried the weight of history and mythology.