The Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple's lone, reportedly vegetarian, decades-old crocodile, which lived in the temple's lake and was frequently spotted wandering around the grounds, was discovered dead late on Sunday night. According to reports, Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy's Prasadam-eating vegetarian crocodile Babiya, who had been living in the temple lake for more than 70 years, has passed away. The celestial crocodile, according to temple authorities, guarded the temple and lived in the lake of the temple by consuming Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy's rice and jaggery prasadam. For those who believed the ordinarily carnivorous animal to be divine, the crocodile had been a major attraction People are making their way to the temple grounds to pay their respects.
