Babiya crocodile

Babiya, the male crocodile had been a major attraction for devotees at Sree Ananthapadmanabha Swamy Temple.

During the hot months, Babiya stayed at Vana Shastara, a laterite pond for cattle, 60m away in the temple compound. He further said, "In the past two days, Babiya did not come up for food. The crocodile was not keeping well for the past few days and was taken to veterinary surgeons from Mangaluru's Pilikula Biological Park, Udayakumar R Gatty, trustee of the temple told

New Delhi: A vegetarian crocodile named Babiya who was living in a temple pond in Kerala's Kasaragod district for more than seven decades died Sunday night.

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For many decades, the presence of the crocodile, which eats only vegetarian food given by the devotees and temple officials, in the lake near the temple, ...

When the chief priest come in the morning, it would go back to the water again. On the very night, when the crocodile was shot dead, Babiya appeared in the pond. Babiya could be seen in the small pond on the northern side of the temple at times.

Babiya, a crocodile at Kerala's Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple which was said to be many decades old and "vegetarian", has died.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). It put on public display as hundreds of people turned up to pay their respects. The site also claims that the temple lake would always have one crocodile and the elders in the locality used to say Babiya was the third one in a row they had seen. Babiya, the god's own crocodile of Sri Anantapura Lake temple has reached Vishnu Padam.The divine crocodile lived… "Babiya, the god's own crocodile of Sri Anantapura Lake temple has reached Vishnu The report quoted temple officials as saying that the lone crocodile that inhabited the lake of the temple in Kasaragod district was found dead late on Sunday night.

Babiya, the famous vegetarian temple crocodile at the Sri Anandapadmanabha Swamy temple in Kerala's Kasaragod passed away on Sunday at the age of 75.

According to the temple priests, the divine crocodile spent most of her time inside the cave and came out in the afternoon. [By Shibimol KG](/author/shibimol-kg-0): The famous vegetarian crocodile Babiya, at the Sri Anandapadmanabha Swamy temple in Keralas Kasaragod, passed away on Sunday. She ate only temple offerings that were served to her twice a day.

Kozhikode: A crocodile that has been living in the pond of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple in Kumbla in Kasaragod district died on Sunday.

Chito found the crocodile near death and nursed it back to life. It is a video from a verified YouTube channel that talks about "Most Unusual Friendships Between Humans and Wild Animals." The crocodile is neither Babiya.

Vegetarian” crocodile popular on social media; thousands of devotees throng temple to pay homage.

Udayakumar, chairman of the temple committee, said there were documents to prove that a crocodile named Babiya had lived in the lake and that British soldiers shot her and took her away in 1942. The temple is surrounded by the lake and is believed to be the moolasthanam (original seat) of Sree Padmanabhaswamy in Thiruvananthapuram. The “vegetarian” crocodile was found dead in the temple lake on Sunday night.

Babiya had hit the headlines after devotees claimed that it was a vegetarian crocodile and eventually attained a divine status after it was seen consuming ...

Temple lore says a British soldier had shot a crocodile at the shrine in 1945 and within a few days another one appeared. “We had the rituals and prayers associated with the burial of a Hindu swamiji. “We don’t claim that the crocodile was fully vegetarian.