Shree Anantha Padmanabha Temple- Kudupu

Kudupu is a village located at a distance of about 10 km from Mangalore in the state of Karnataka. The Sri Ananthapadmanabhudi Temple in this village is very famous. Kudupu means basket with a snake in Tulu language. In this temple, Sri Ananthapadmanabhu is in the shape of a snake, with five heads. The roof of the temple is made of red shells in the Kerala style. Pyramidal is placed on iron beams around the temple. This is the subject of the Brahma Narada dialogue in the Adi Purana. Veerabahu, a devotee of Vishnu, was the king of a kingdom. He has a relationship with his own daughter in unknown circumstances and regrets it when he finds out it is wrong. While cutting off both his hands in penance, Vishnu appeared and asked him to complete the construction of the temple of the three snakes in a single day and purify himself of his sins. The king plans to build a temple. While the temple was in its final stages, the king's enemy Gopi Nadhu crouched down and pretended to be white, as if Vishnu had expired. While inquiring that the Veera Bahu Gudi was not completed, Sri Mahavishnu appeared and told the truth. This will enable Veera Bahu to complete the temple in a timely manner. Vishnu is pleased and hands back to the king. The temple in Kudupu is the temple built by Veera Bahu. The festival on Nagapanchami day in Kudupu is very tumultuous as two women dance with decorations and dance with ceremonial figures on their heads. Behind them the men dance rhythmically with drums and instruments, celebrating the Sarpotsava.

There is a story to celebrate this festival. Formerly a farmer killed some baby snakes while plowing a field. The mother snake gets angry and bites everyone in the farmer's family except his daughter who worships him. After that, the girl gives birth again to everyone on desire. It is said that Naga Panchami has been celebrated annually since then. On that day, there was a ban on plowing the field. They believe that snakes will not bite them by doing so. On the fifth day of Shravanam, during the Naga Panchami Sarpotsava celebrations, Edla carts are decorated and taken to the Shiva temple for worship. During the festival, women carve various snake figures on the floor. Snakes are made of clay and painted yellow and black for decoration.