Mangalore : Residents of Pavanje could catch a glimpse of an eight feet long python  which had laid eggs in a cow shed near the Jnanashakti Subrahamanya Temple at Pavanje on May 16.

As a huge crowd gathered in the area to see the python with its eggs, snake catcher Ganesh Bolar from Mangalore arrived and was successful in trapping the python . He later handed over the python to the Pilikula Nisargadhama along with its 13 eggs.

Ganesh Bolar has trapped and saved a number of cobras and pythons so far.