Pallu (poetry)

Pallu (பள்ளு) is a genre of Tamil poetry that depicts the life of a Pallar farmer of southern India, his two wives, and his landlord in a satirical fashion.[1][2]

Genre

Pallu poems are part of chitrilakiyangal in Tamil literature, and were also known as 'aesal'. They were written during the Nayak rule. The first pallu poem was 'mukkoodar pallu'. Many pallu poems were written which include vaiyapuri pallu, sengottu pallu, thandigai kanagaraayan pallu. [3][4]

References
  1. Flores, Jorge Manuel (1 January 2007). Re-exploring the Links: History and Constructed Histories Between Portugal and Sri Lanka. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447054904.
  2. Ayyappappanikkar (1 January 1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126003655.
  3. Pallu ilakiyam maruvasippu by Gnanasekran
  4. http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p103/p1033/html/p103325.htm
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