There are pages on the internet that has lyrics for compositions of trinity, Purandara Dasa, Mysore Vasudevachariyar et al., (Please follow links contained in Mohan's Carnatic Corner. Hence I am not attempting to provide them here. There is a page that contains lyrics for pApanAsam sivan's compositions. This file is in pdf format and one would require acrobat reader in addition to downloading the file to ones local machine. No doubt, that the collection is comprehensive. However, only a handful of songs are "popular" and are sung regularly in concerts. I have provided lyrics for those "popular" songs here.

In addition, I am providing lyrics for some of my favorite songs in tamil that are often sung in carnatic music concerts. For those of you who want to read it in tamil you should install anjal fonts. You may want to visit http://www.murasu.com/ and install anjal fonts before viewing these in tamil. Others can read the transliterated version that follows the lyrics in tamil in the same page.



Gopala Krishna Bharathiyar's Compositions


Papanasam Sivan's Compositions


Subramanya Bharathi's Compositions
  • Asai mugam maRanthu pOchchE
  • chinnanj chiRu kiLiyE
  • thIrAtha viLayAttu


  • Ambujam Krishnan's Compositions
  • AdinayE kaNNA
  • guruvAyUr appanE appan
  • kAnbatheppOthu aiyanai


  • Periyasamy Thuran's Compositions
  • kaliyuga varathan kaN kaNda theyvamAy
  • murugA murugA
  • punniyum oru kOdi


  • Uthakkadu Venkatasubbier Compositions
  • alai pAyuthE kaNNA
  • asaithAdum mayil onRu kANum


  • Others