Vande Mataram lyrics National Song of India Written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875, part of his novel Anandamath Vande Mataram, sujalam suphalam malayaja-sitalam, Sasya-syamalam mataram, Vande Mataram! Subhra-jyotsnam pulakita-yaminim, phulla-kusumita druma-dala-sobhinim, Suhasinim sumadhura bhasinim, Sukhadam varadam Mataram! Koti-Koti kantha kalakala ninada karale, Koti-Koti bhujair dhrta kharakaravle, Ke bole Ma tumi…