| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE TEMPLE FOR SERPENTS |
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| There is another place in Kerala famous for serpent worship. It is the residence of Pambumekkat Nambudiri near Irinjalakuda. This Nambudiri is the high priest! Serpent worship and according to Gopala Panikkar, author of Malabar and Its Folk, his household is "full of cobras, which find their abode in every corner of it. The inmates cannot move about without placing their of the serpents. Owing to the magic influence family, the serpents will not injure them. To be at the beck and call of the members and render unquestionable obedience to the their Commands. They watch and protect the interests of the family in the utmost zealous spirit." | |
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