What is "hamsa-sandesha"

Hamsa-Sandesha ( Sanskrit: ; IAST: ) or "The message of the Swan" is a Sanskrit love poem written by Vedanta Desika in the 13th century AD. A short lyric poem of 110 verses, it describes how Rama, hero of the Ramayana epic, sends a message via a swan to his beloved wife, Sita, who has been abducted by the demon king Ravana. The poem belongs to the , ‘messenger poem’, genre and is very closely modeled upon the Meghaduta of Kalidasa. It has particular significance for Srivaishnavites, whose god, Vishnu, it celebrates.