Hi Vj, A very sad news, as I read his articles only fewweeks back and was very much interested to get acquainted with him. His research of the eclipse pavilion near Mahabalipuram andinterpretation of various scuplturesis simply outstanding.
me and arvind interacted with him - infact he wrote a long mail to arvind. i will fondly remember his words below. may his sould rest in peace.
vj
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your appreciation. I have already sometimes read your blog and am very happy with your work, and would like to express my appreciation to you as well. May I ask you, where did you read my article? If it was on Asian Art I hope you also read my other articles published there. About my most recent discovery regarding astro-archeological reliefs in a pavilion, about my discovery of sphinxes in Indian art, and about my discovery of the earliest known sculpture in stone of the Ananda Tandava Murti in the Shri Nageshvara temple in Kumbakonam, which dates to the year 885 CE.