The Konkan coast is the narrow strip of Land to the west of the western Ghats, reclaimed by Lord Parshuram by asking Lord Varuna, God of the seas to receed to allow the Konkanis to settle.
Why Mythology is an integral part ofour culture, on a scientific note, the Konkan was perhaps inhabited by aboriginal tribes who migrated into India many thousands of years ago. The Aryans from central asia settled in the 2nd century BC. While the aboriginal peoples were aryanised the aryans themselves were enculturated in the aboriginal traditions.
The worship of Shiva, the worship of Santeri or Shantadurga forms an amalgamation of the aryan and the pre aryan traditions of the Konkan.
The Land was separated from the ghats and the Desh or inland by the mighty Western Ghats.
The whole of the western coast of India is now connected by the Konkan railway. From Thane in North Maharashtra to Kerala, the Konkan coast is extremely beautiful. The states of Goa and Kerala are major tourist destinations for Indians as well as foreign tourists.
A map of the western Indian coast in the 1880s is shown above. Then Goa was under portuguese rule, India was under the British and large princely states such as Hyderabad and Mysore had Maharajas and Nizams who earned millions.
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