Papanasam Sivan was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971.
11 Facts About Papanasam Sivan
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Papanasam Sivan was a film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Papanasam Sivan was born at Polagam village in the district of Thanjavur, which was home to the musical trinity of Carnatic music.
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Papanasam Sivan wandered from place to place visiting temples and singing devotional songs.
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Papanasam Sivan used to be an active participant in the devotional music sessions at the home of Neelakandasivan in Thiruvananthapuram where he learned many of Neelakandasivan's composition.
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Papanasam Sivan took his first music lessons from Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar, son of Parameswara Bhagavatar.
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Papanasam Sivan was most interested in the devotional aspect of music.
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Papanasam Sivan preferred to sing devotional songs and encouraged other singers take part in sessions of devotional music with him.
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Papanasam Sivan was a regular performer in the main temple festivals in South India with his devotional songs.
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Papanasam Sivan received the President Award in 1962, and in 1969 he received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award bestowed on him by "The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai".
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Papanasam Sivan taught Pattammal many kritis, and she sang many of Sivan's compositions for films.