Brahmanippattu is a type of domestic devotional offering performed usually in connection with marriages.
In the dance, the women stand round a decorated stool on which some symbolic representation of Bhagavathy is placed.
They then sing devotional songs to the rhythm of the beating of bronze plates.
Gradually the songs ascend in pitch and the women dance in ecstasy.
For instance, the lyrics of a Brahmanippaattu is as follows: Avinisseri Narayanan Nambeesan, author of several books in Malayalam, compiled and published a collection of the Brahmanippattu songs under the title Brahmanippattukal in the year 1969.