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#Babiya 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 Thiruvananthapuram. Babiya is the famous vegetarian temple
(Moolasthanam) of Ananthapadmanabha Swami Thiruvananthapuram. Babiya is the famous vegetarian temple
crocodile who lived in the temple pond/lake, which loved eating the rice prasad of the Lord passed away yesterday. Babiya was 75. The six-foot long Babiya was worshipped by the locals as the guardian of Ananthapura Lake Temple. The gentle crocodile was believed to be a vegetarian
No one in the temple knew how Babiya came to the temple pond and who named it. Babiya reached the lake after a British soldier killed the only crocodile that lived in the lake in 1945. (British soldier died on the same day from a snake bite.) Later, Babiya became the favourite of
