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 Arunachala Kavi () (1711–1779) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born in Tillaiyadi in Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu and . The three Tamil composers Arunachala Kavi, Muthu Thandavar and Marimutthu Pillai are cons ...

(1712–1779) and Marimutthu Pillai (1717–1787), and lived five decades before the Tiruvarur Trinity or

Trinity of Carnatic Music The Trinity of Carnatic Music, also known as the Three Jewels of Carnatic Music, refers to the outstanding trio of composers, composer-musicians of Carnatic music in the 18th centuryTyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, and Syama Sastri. Prolific in co ...

. They introduced several innovations that led to the evolution of the Carnatic ''kriti'' (song).

References

{{reflist Carnatic music Indian classical music Classical and art music traditions Indian styles of music