There is in Malaysia on the island of Penang, a place as the Temple of Snakes. Here live the most dangerous species of snakes - rattlesnakes. The temple is infested by them: on the floor, in corners, even on the altar. Here they are gods, they had to bow to the faithful.



1. In the Snake Temple in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, has a place and
people, and one of the most dangerous creatures on earth - the snakes.
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3. In this temple, home to rattlesnakes, which the locals believe the servants
 Chor Soo Kong and deities.

5. And they did not refuse his hospitality and often crawled here, many lived
 permanently here. When the hermit had died, and the shack collapsed,
and the snakes are gone from these lands, and when he was elevated to an elegant
 temple, they began to consider themselves in one piece with a
sacred institution.