"Divine crocodile" dies after guarding temple for nearly 80 years in India
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Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral Monday of a crocodile believed to have been divine and which survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India.
Babia guarded the much-revered Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple in the southern state of Kerala, lurking in the surrounding lake for nearly 80 years, the temple's secretary Ramachandran Bhat said.
The revered reptile was found floating lifeless in the lake early on Monday after reportedly being off its food for several days.
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