Tamil Christian songs have wide importance and peculiarity in South India. Among the Christian music, the Gospel songs are very popular. The formation, the presentation, the implication, and the meaning of Gospel and Christian songs vary with the culture as well as the societal framework. The Christian songs in Tamilnadu are composed for various purposes such as for artistic enjoyment, spiritual and ceremonial intention, and as a product of entertainment to increase market value. Moreover, the basic theme of majority Christian Tamil music is to praise, worship, apologize and thank the trinity.

The music written by the famous Vedanayagam Sastriar is an absolute fraction of Christian worship especially in Tamilnadu. The affluence of Tamil language and the Christian religious passion of the music directly remind the feel of godliness and zeal in worship. Another factor of the music that offers a soothing effect to the listeners is its pleasing melodies. The famous works of Sastriar include the Bethlehem Kuravanji, Thandanai Thudhipome, Mahathuva Thambarabara, Esuvaiye Thudhi sei nee maname and Amen Alleluyah.

The Tamil Christian songs are practiced in both folk as well as classical style of singing, which is a peculiarity of this place. In 1974, a famous singer Jolly Abraham initiated the Christian songs for Pentecostal assembly in Madras. The entire credit goes to this singer for being the first person to release Tamil Christian music in audio cassettes. Jolly Abraham had already sung around 10,000 Christian songs together in Tamil and Malayalam.

A person may find this amazing collection of songs from the website tamilsongsdownload.net. The site also offers top class Christian devotional songs to let a mass to devoutness. Rohit Recording Company run by the singer Jolly Abraham released Ekkalam, the first Christian video music album in Tamil. This album is very popular in South India and is widely used during Christmas and Easter.

The top Christian music sung by other famous singers includes Kaividavaemataar Yesu, Naalellaam Nantri, Karunaiyin Pravaagam, Nee Aayathamma and Neer Maathram. There are many other classical Christian songs composed by A.R.Rahaman in Tamil.
This adds the beauty and purity of this religious music.