Tamil Trinity

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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 {{cite book |last=Subramanian |first=V. K. |year=1996 |title=Sacred Songs of India |volume=10 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |page=2 |isbn=9788170174448}} (?1560 - ?1640 CE), Arunachala Kavi (1712–1779) and Marimutthu Pillai{{cite book |last=Priyamvada |first=Amrita |year=2007 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian music |publisher=Anmol |page=11 |isbn=9788126131143}} (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).

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