Konkan

The Konkan (Marathi/Konkani: कॉंकण), (Kannada/Tulu\Konkani:ಕೊಂಕಣ ಕರಾವಳಿ) also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Thane district to Mangalore. The sapta-Konkan is a slightly larger region described in the Skanda Purana which refers it as "Parashurama Srishti".Lord Parashurama after the bloodshed in North-western India against Kshatriyas resorted to peaceful measures to relocate Saraswat Brahmins who were facing atrocities by reclaiming land from the sea by worship of "Samudra devata" alongwith his Rigvedic Saraswat Brahmin followers who were the first ingenious inhabitants of Konkan. Kshatriyas, Nagas etc. ran to forests down below and some jumped into the sea, ocean fearing the axe of Lord Parashurama. Lord Rama had blessed the Lotus pond land Goa and Yudhisthira alongwith Pandavas had visited Goa for consultation with holy Brahmins here before Mahabharata war. Konkan Division is also one of six administrative sub-divisions of the state of Maharashtra, comprising its coastal districts.