Sarpa Kavu

inspired by the adobe of snakes back in my hometown Kerala.
According to Kerala Hindu mythology, it is a custom to worship snakes as we believe the land we inhabit truly belonged to snakes. So you can find these sacred shrines adjacent to most of the ancestral houses (Tharavadu) in Kerala.
It was forbidden to kill the snakes or to destroy the flora of the groves. This meant that the land would gradually become a mini jungle. Medicinal plants were commonly seen. The gigantic trees and thickly grown shrubs and vines that harbored a variety of poisonous and harmless snakes used to give the groves a foreboding appearance.