Its own reservoir of recorded concerts held in the auditorium cover the legends of our times as well the promising talent that is well emerging out of the shadows and are destined to make significant contribution to the cause of Indian culture and fine arts.

A long felt need was to have a music library that will not only allow connoisseurs and patrons of fine arts to listen to vintage concerts of the past but its archives would also serve the purpose of research, lecture demonstrations and training. With this in view the Sangrahalaya was inaugurated on 28th December, 2008 at the blessed hands of His Holiness Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal, Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. About 30,000 hours of recorded concerts received through donations from various sources have been uploaded and are available for listening pleasure..

The Sangrahalaya was set up at a cost of Rs. 30 lakhs which was fully donated. In taking forward this initiative the Sabha entered into Memorandum of Understanding with Sampradaya, a voluntary non-profit organization engaged in documentation and archiving of South Indian music traditions for over three decades. Sampradaya is a Society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act of 1975.

Under the MOU, Sampradaya would make copies of its digitized archives available at the Sabha’s Sangrahalaya
on a permanent non-returnable basis for the purpose of education, research & training of musicians and music students and for the listening pleasure of music lovers.

The Sabha has provided adequate security systems, security encryption softwares and disable all USB and other ports to prevent duplication of any portion of its archives by any user at any point of time.

Sampradaya audio archives contain about 4000 hours of music of great masters beginning with Tiger Varadachariar and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar down to the present day artistes. One of the significant projects carried out by Sampradaya is the audio-visual documentation of several temples where the Trinity of Carnatic Music worshipped and composed.

Singularly, this is one of the most significant initiatives of the Sabha in furthering the cause of Fine Arts and bringing within its mainstream, Indian culture to young minds.

Carnatic Audio
The Audio Library has a collection of concerts held in the Sabha, from 1963 onwards. Along with present-day vidhwans, there is a collection of old-time legends, such as Chembai, G. N. Balasubramaniam, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Chitti Babu, D. K. Pattamal, Maharajapuram Santhanam and M. D. Ramanathan. The Sangrahalaya has recordings of concerts held in other cities and abroad, kritis, discourses by famous exponents of Harikatha and a large collection of devotional songs. This section also includes concerts of eminent artists from the archives of A.I.R. and World Space.

Carnatic Video
The video section has concerts recorded by various TV channels. It has Thyagaraja Aradhana conducted during several years, devotional songs by famous artistes, lecture demonstrations on ragas explaining the intricacies of various Carnatic and Hindustani ragas, dances by eminent artistes, profiles on artistes such as Chembai, G. N. Balasubramaniam, Madurai Mani Iyer, M. S. Subbulakshmi, M. L. Vasanthakumari and others. There is video by Visaka Hari, that will enlighten you with her beautiful rendering of the life story of Thyagaraja. Sitting in air-conditioned comfort, one can go to various temples such as Tirupati, Madurai, Sabarimalai and Guruvayoor and enjoy the celebrations of various festivals, such as Brahmotsavam (Tirupati), Thrissur Pooram, Makara Jyothi and Thai Poosam .

Hindustani Audio
The Library has 5394 hours of listening pleasure, by veteran Hindustani artistes such as Parveen Sultana, Bhimsen Joshi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Amjad Ali Khan, Bismillah Khan, Gangubai Hangal and Kumar Gandharv. We also have around 100 old and new Hindi film songs, based on classical music.

Hindustani Video
The Sangrahalaya has 8445 hours of concerts by Parveen Sultana, Bhimsen Joshi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Amjad Ali Khan, Bismillah Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Kumar Gandharv, Anoop Jalota, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ravi Shankar and Shankar Mahadevan, held in various Indian cities and abroad

Profiles
We have profiles of artistes such as Allah Rakha, Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai Hangal, Parveen Sultana, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pandit Jasraj, Birju Maharaj and Gopi Krishna. We also have videos related to different dance forms, such as Kathak, Manipuri and Odissi.

The Library is operated by the Managing Committee, through the Sangeetha Vidyalaya.. The Library is open to Sabha members and the public free of cost. The Sabha still has to upload several of the collections in its reservoir. This is in progres. When fully uploaded the library will have 100000 hours of recorded concerts.