Indian poems

Ramcharitmanas (), is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas (c. 1511–1623). It has many inspirations, the primary being the Ramayana of Valmiki.

Urdu poem

Hindu bhajan

Sri Aurobindo's major poetic work, an epic in blank verse, describing his vision of existence and explores the reason for ignorance, darkness, suffering and pain, the purpose of life on earth and the prospect of a glorious future for humanity.

Bṛhatkathā (बृहत्कथा) (Sanskrit, "the Great Narrative") is an ancient Indian epic, said to have been written by Guṇāḍhya (गुणाढ्य) in a poorly-understood language known as Paiśācī. The work no longer exists but several later adaptations — the Kathāsaritsāgara (कथासरित्सागर), Bṛhatkathāmañjarī (बृहत्कथामंजरी) and Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसंग्रह) in Sanskrit, as well as the Peruṅkatai and Vasudevahiṃḍi in vernaculars — make commentary on the piece.

1905 Bengali song by Rabindranath Tagore

state Anthem of Karnataka

patriotic Indian poem written in Urdu

Dirge (song/poem) by Amrita Pritam

poem

thumb|Lovers shoot at a tiger in the jungle. Illustration to the mystical Sufi text Madhumalati. "Madhumalati" or 'night flowering jasmine' is an Indian Sufi love poem, written in 1545 by Mir Sayyid Manjhan Shattari Rajgiri. The poem is written in Awadhi dialect.

Sikh hymn

Gujarati poem by Indian poet Narmadashankar Dave 'Narmad'