Which of the following is NOT a part of the "Trinity of Carnatic Music"?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Bhadrachala Ramadasu
The Trinity of Carnatic Music are the three great composers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, all born in Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu: Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri. Their kritis form the core of the Carnatic concert repertoire.
Bhadrachala Ramadasu (Kancherla Gopanna) was a 17th-century devotee of Rama at Bhadrachalam, in present-day Telangana, known for his Telugu devotional songs. He lived about a century before the Trinity and is not one of them.