Paapanaasam Shivan - He was born Polagam Ramaiah. He in 1890 at Polagam near Tanjavoor. He and his brother passed a lot of their time in Papanasam ( between Kumbakonam and Tanjavoor ), hence the "Papanasam" stuck to his name. Also, it was a tradition to address men of respect (men of God, as Rangaraamaanuja Aiyyangaar says) as Sivan, Sivanvaal, etc. in those days - and hence this gets suffixed to persons' names. Also, he came in a long line of composers and performers whose names ended in Shivan. Hence the name Paapanaasam Shivan. It is said that there was lot of influence of mahavaidyanatha iyer's style on his compositions.

Mudra: Raamadaasan

Compositions:

1. abayaambikaaramaNi - shankaraabharaNam
   
2. aDimalariNaiyallaal - pharaju
   
3. aLavillaiyE - mukhaari
   
4. anbilaiyE - kamaas
   
5. candra kalaavadamsam - shankaraabharaNam
   
6. cittam magizhvittiDudu - bilahari
   
7. dasarataatmajam - poorvi kalyaaNi
   
8. dEvi paadam paNindEn - tODi
   
9. dharma samvarttani taayE - naaTTai
   
10. durgaalakshmi saraswati - aarabi, yamunaa kalyaaNi
    
11. eesanE inda - cakravaakam
    
12. enda vidamum - mukhaari
    
13. ennatavam sheydanE yeshOdaa - kaapi
    
14. gangaiyaNi - tODi
    
15. gajavadana karunaa - shree ranjani
    
16. ihapara menumeru - simhEndra madhyamam
    
17. inbamenbadilaiyE - kaanaDaa
    
18. kaaNa kaN koDi - kaambhOji
    
19. kaanarasamuDan - bEgaDa
    
20. kaartikEya gaangEya - tODi - PS
    
21. kaa vaa vaa - varaaLi
    
22. kaDaikkaN nOkki - tODi
    
23. kaDaikkaN paarvaiyadu - kamaas
    
24. kali teerumO - tODi
    
25. kallaada EzhaiyallavO - saavEri
    
26. kanindaruL purindaal - kalyaaNi
    
27. kanmana murugacceyya - shuruTTi
    
28. kaNNan madhura idhazhai - bhimpalaas
    
29. karpagaambikE - bilahari
    
30. karpagamE - madyamaavati
    
31. kumaran taaL - yadukula kaambhOji
    
32. kunRan kuDi - tODi
    
33. maa ramaNan - hindOLam
    
34. maal marugaa-vasantaa
    
35. mahaaprabO shree - aarabi
    
36. malariNai tuNaiyE - reeti gowLa
    
37. manamE kanamum
    
38. mariyaadai taanO - dhanyaasi
    
39. marundaLittaruL - gowLa
    
40. mulaa dhaara murthee - hamsadwani
    
41. naamamuravu - darbaar
    
42. naan oru viLayaaTTu bommaiyaa - navarasa kannaDa
    
43. naaraayaNa divya naamam-mOhanam
    
44. nee aruL puriya vENDum - keeravaaNi
    
45. nee gadiyaladu - bhairavi
    
46. neeyallavO - pantuvaraaLi
    
47. nekk-urugi - aabhOgi
    
48. ninai manamE - aananda bhairavi
    
49. paadamalarE taNYcam - kEdaaram
    
50. paarvati naayakanE - shhanmugapriyaa
    
51. padamalarE gaiyena - maayamaaLava gowLa
    
52. padumaabhan marugaa - naagaswaraavaLi
    
53. paraamukham Enaiyaa - kharaharapriyaa
    
54. paraashakti jananee - hamsadwani
    
55. paraatpara - vaacaspati
    
56. paRpala poRpaNi (kaNNi) - kamaas
    
57. patita paavana raama - tODi
    
58. piravaa varam - lataangi
    
59. piRaviyadanaaR - sahaanaa
    
60. raadhaa mukhakamala - hindustaani kaapi
    
61. raagagOpaala dEvaadi dEvanE - tODi
    
62. raamam bhajata - shree
    
63. saamagaana lOlanE - hindOLam
    
64. saamaja vara gamana - madyamaavati
    
65. saa sapaa nabOnipaa - hamsadwani
    
66. sharaNam ayyappaa - mukhaari
    
67. sharavaNa bhava guhanE - madyamaavati
    
68. shivagangaa nagara - punnaagavaraaLi
    
69. shivakaama sundaree jagadamba - mukhaari
    
70. shree gaNapatiyE - dEva manOhari
    
71. shree maadhavaa - behaag
    
72. shreenivaasa tava - kharaharapriyaa
    
73. shreenivaasa tiruvenkaTa - hamsaanandi
    
74. shreeraaman ravikulasOman - naaraayaNa gowLa
    
75. shree shhanmukam - bhairavi
    
76. shree vaataapi gaNapatiyE - sahaanaa
    
77. sikkal mEviya - kaambhOji
    
78. singaaravElavan vandaan - aananda bhairavi
    
79. sollu paapaa (paapaa kaNNi) - mukhaari
    
80. swaamy sharaNam - aananda bhairavi
    
81. swaami unRan caraNam - bilahari
    
82. taamasam En swaamy - tODi
    
83. taayE Ezhaipaal - bhairavi
    
84. tanigai vaLar - tODi
    
85. tattvamariya taramaa - reeti gowLa
    
86. tinameedE naTrinamE - bhoopaaLam
    
87. tirukkumaranaa yavadarittaar - shankaraabharaNam
    
88. tiruvaLar mayilaiyun (kaNNi) - kamaas
    
89. tiruvazhundoor vaazh - dhanyaasi
    
90. tunai purindaruL - sudda hindOLam
    
91. unadu dayai enai - pantuvaraaLi
    
92. unDenRu uRudi - harikaambhOji
    
93. uNDu kuladeivaraaman - tODi
    
94. unnaittudikka - kuntala varaaLi
    
95. un paadamE - punnaagavaraaLi
    
96. vaanOr vaNangu - aananda bhairavi
    
97. vandadellaam varaTTum - husEni