In pics: Prabhakaran's life & death

LTTE (Liberation of Tamil TigersEelam) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed on Monday ending three decades ofethnic conflict in Sri Lanka aimed at carving out a separate Tamil homeland inthe north and east.Feted by his followers as the ���SunGod��� and branded as a meglomaniac by his opponents, few dispute he was oneof the most effective guerilla leaders in modern warfare. The54-year-old son of a government officer and a school dropout gave militancy anew dimension, pioneering suicide bombing and cyaniide death for cadres underattack in the war for Tamil Eelam that consumed more than 70,000 lives includingseveral Sinhalese and Tamil leaders apart from Rajiv Gandhi.Here���s a glimpse into the life of the fallen Tamil Tigerleader in pictures.