ANANDAPURA TEMPLE-It is situated on a deserted hill top in kasargod district of kerala, india. The entire rock-built temple is in the middle of a pond.The idol here is special-khadasharkhara it is called. It is made of various medicinal herbs by skilled artisans and the thantri told me that to the touch it feels like a human body!The other amazing thing about this is a crocodile.when they asked for 20 ruppes to feed the crocodile i didn't believe it first;i thought it a trick to extract money. But it was there, an old one whose photo my husband managed to take, daringly climbing down the broken steps by the side of the pond. It had a heap of white rice by it.