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Manpoondia Pillai
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Manpoondia Pillai also spelt as Maanpoondiya Pillai was an Indian carnatic musician who was renowned for playing kanjira instrument. Manpoondia Pillai is acknowledged and credited for the emergence of Kanjira in South Indian Carnatic music, as well as for being the pioneer in the development of the modern form of the instrument. Maanpoondiya Pillai founded the traditional dominant school of percussion in the form of Pudukottai tradition in Carnatic music during the 19th century.
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