The ''Prāchīna Kavitrayam'', (Ancient triumvirate) of
Malayalam poetry
Malayalam poetry is poetry written, spoken, or composed in Modern, as well as Old and Classical, Malayalam.
History
The history of Malayalam poetry dates back to the 12th century; the earliest poetic work in a near-Malayalam language, or what ...
are
Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (, ) (Floruit, ''fl.'' 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam (old triad) of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambia ...
,
Cherusseri Namboothiri and
Kunchan Nambiar
Kunchan Nambiar was a prominent Malayalam poet of the 18th century (1705-1770). Apart from being a prolific poet, Nambiar is also famous as the originator of the dance art form of Thullall, most of his works were written for use in Thullal per ...
. These medieval era triumvirate poets was chosen in the basis of
Bhakthi.
The modern triumvirate poets were chosen on the basis of their impact on social activism.
The ''Ādhunika kavitrayam'' (modern triumvirate) of Malayalam poetry are
N. Kumaran Asan,
Vallathol Narayana Menon and
Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.
References
Malayalam poets
Indian male poets
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