Crocodile Babia Death | The world’s only vegetarian crocodile ‘Babia’ said goodbye to the world, used to eat Prasad in the temple. Navabharat

New Delhi: Often you must have seen that the king of water, crocodile eats only meat. But there was also a crocodile in the world that ate only and only vegetarian food. Yes, the name of this vegetarian crocodile was Babia, who lived in Sri Ananda Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kasaragod, Kerala. Let us inform that the famous ‘vegetarian’ crocodile Babia passed away on Sunday. Let’s know about this crocodile.

Crocodile babiya age 75

Let us tell you that the age of this vegetarian crocodile Babia is being told as 75 years. Yes, Babia was one of the main attractions for the devotees visiting the temple. The only crocodile was living in the lake of Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple for the past several decades. Temple officials told PTI that the crocodile, who has been living in the temple lake for 70 years, was called ‘Babia’. Please tell that he was missing since Saturday.

world’s vegetarian crocodile

In such a situation, the officials said that the dead crocodile was found floating in the lake at around 11.30 pm on Sunday night. The temple administration informed the police and animal husbandry department. The dead crocodile was taken out of the lake and kept in a glass box. Many people, including various political leaders, paid their last respects on Monday. Temple officials claim that the crocodile was vegetarian and depended on the ‘prasadam’ made in the temple.

used to eat prasad made of rice and jaggery

After this tragic incident, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said that “this crocodile of God” who has been in the temple for more than 70 years, may get “salvation”. He tweeted, “God of Sri Anantapura Lake Temple has reached the post of his crocodile Babya Vishnu. It stayed in the temple lake for more than 70 years and protected the temple by eating prasad made of rice and jaggery offered to Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy. May he attain salvation, Om Shanti!” In this regard, he has given information about the death of Babia Crocodile by tweeting.

Devotees turn up to pay their last respects to Babiya.

For over seven decades at Ananthapura Lake Temple, Babiya was the cynosure of all eyes.

PS: The second photo was inadvertently attributed to Babiya in the previous tweet.@LostTemple7 https://t.co/FbBUhGVgsN pic.twitter.com/iGtwL7PJ4K

— Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) October 10, 2022

people paid tribute

Not only this, but Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K Surendran also paid tribute to the crocodile in a post on social media. Temple officials said the dead crocodile was buried in a nearby pit on Monday afternoon. At present, this vegetarian crocodile is being discussed everywhere.