Located in Ananthapura near Kumbla in Kasaragod district of Kerala, this temple is considered to be the moolasthanam (the original source) of the world renowned Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. The uniqueness of the temple is that the ninth century shrine of Sree Padmanabha (Lord Vishnu) is situated in the centre of the Ananthapura lake, on a remote rocky hill. The main attraction here is Babai, the vegetarian crocodile guardian, living in the pond for the past 60 or more years. It feeds on the food offered by the devotees and doesn’t harm anyone.
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