Chinmaya International Foundation Shodha Sansthan has a reference Library that holds a carefully selected collection of about 22 thousand printed books and around 1800 non-printed manuscripts of paper and palm leaves in different scripts and languages. The book collection comprises of updated reference books, original texts of Sanskrit and commentaries on different subjects of Indology, bibliographies, monographs, catalogues of unpublished manuscripts of Indic and Asian origin, biographies and autobiographies, among other reference materials of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, journals, periodicals, etc. The Library has covered almost all the subjects of Indology, Poetics, Dramaturgy, Sanskrit literature, Vyakarana, Subhashitas and Suktis, Arts and Humanities, Indian  Mathematics,Tantras, Ayurveda, Silpa, Indian Philosophies, Vedas, Manuscriptology, Hindi literature, English literature, Malayalam literature etc. Chinmaya International Foundation Shodha Sansthan has been fortunate to have received the personal collections of many eminent Indian Indologists like Prof. K. V. Ramakrishnacharyulu, Prof. R. Balasubramanyam, etc. The Shodha Sansthan is also continuously in touch with eminent Indologists to acquire their collections. The Library is opene for the scholars, teachers and public for research and higher studies.