He is one of the very few authorities alive doing 'Bhagavatha sapthaham'- intepreting Sri Maha Bhagavathm, the Hindu lengend. He looked straight out of a Bhagavathm story, one of those ascetics straight out of 'Amar Chitra Katha' comic strips we used to revel on as children.

I found him in one of the many 'Illams' I visited during my Payyannur trips in north Kerala.