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The Tamil Trinity (also known as the Tamil Moovar) commonly refers to the three Tamil composers of early Carnatic music. They were Muthu Thandavar (?1560 - ?1640 CE), Arunachala Kavi (1712–1779) and Marimutthu Pillai (1717–1787), and lived five decades before the Tiruvarur Trinity or Trinity of Carnatic Music. They introduced several innovations that led to the evolution of the Carnatic kriti (song).
References
- Subramanian, V. K. (1996). Sacred Songs of India. Vol. 10. Abhinav Publications. p. 2. ISBN 9788170174448.
- Priyamvada, Amrita (2007). Encyclopaedia of Indian music. Anmol. p. 11. ISBN 9788126131143.