Konkan

Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast or Kokan, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India. It is a 720 km long coastline. It consists of the coastal districts of western Indian states of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. The ancient Saptakonkana is a slightly larger region.

Shree Aryadurga devi temple, Devihasol (Rajapur), Ganpatipule, marleshwar temple, Angnechi wadi, parshuram temple.

The Konkan division is an administrative sub-division of Maharashtra which comprises all the coastal districts of the state.

The Sahyadri Mountain range ("Western Ghats") forms the eastern boundary of the Konkan, and the Arabian Sea marks the western boundary. The southern boundary is the Gangavali River. The Mayura River forms the northern boundary.

The Gangavali flows in the district of ("Uttara Kannada") in present-day "Karnataka State"; the cis-Gangavali portion (seen from Mumbai) of this district is the southernmost part of the Konkan. The towns of Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honavar and Bhatkal fall within the Konkan. The exact identity of the Mayura River, the northern limits of the historic Konkan, is indeterminate.

Konkan is a coastal strip of land bounded by the Sahyadri hills on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. Maharashtra's Konkan area consists of Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Thane districts.

Some of the native ethnic groups and communities found in the region include Agri, Koli, Bhandari, Rajapur Saraswat, Gabit, Padti, Chitpavan, Gauda, Daivajna, Kudaldeshkar Saraswat Brahmins, Kuruba and Kunbi.

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