Divine Crocodile Babiya which was guarding Sri Anantapura Lake Temple in #Kasaragod of Kerala is no more.
The only true Vegetarian crocodile #Babiya lived here in the Temple lake for the last 70+ years eating the Prasadam of
Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy.
His diet was the Prasad (cooked rice & jaggery )from the Temple.Only twice has Babiya entered the Temple which it guards.
Sri Ananthapura temple is located in the middle of a lake in the village of Ananthapura. It is the only lake temple in Kerala and is believed to be the original seat (Moolasthanam) of Ananthapadmanabha Swami (Padmanabhaswamy temple in Trivandrum.