He may be the most notorious gangster, smuggler, kidnapper and ruthless killer, but he is not considered such a bad guy among the vanniyar klans. In fact, he has been mentioned in a very dignified way. No, No ... It is not me who is making the claim; but the interesting link of "List of Prominent Vanniyars" in Wikipedia which I came across accidentally @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prominent_Vanniars
Before someone picks this (definitely has to be a politician or qualifies to be one) as a controversial entry and seeks justice at Supreme court to take Veerappan's name of the "prominent" list, I captured the screen shot to preserve it. Here it is for everyone to take a look.
