Mannarasala — 100,000 snake idols and a woman who has never been touched by a snake

Went to Mannarasala in Alappuzha district last Ayilyam. If you don't know it: it's a serpent grove temple, supposed to be installed by Parashurama himself when he raised Kerala out of the sea. The whole forest around it is left wild and there are over a hundred thousand snake stone idols sitting und……