T.Lakshmanan Pillai had the advantage of college education. He was trained in music by the famous vainika-Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar. He has composed 400 kritis only in Tamil. Annamalai University recognizing his musical prowess conferred titles such as ‘Isai Kavi Arasu’ ,’Tamil Isai Selvar’ etc. ‘Senthil velavane’ (Pantuvarali) and ‘Thunbam thudithida’ (Bhairavi) are his quite popular.