Konkan: The Gods Gift To India

The Konkan/ Konkan Coast is a
rugged section of the western
coastline of India .It is a 720 km
long coastline. It consists of the
coastal districts of Karnataka , Goa
and Maharashtra . The Konkan
Coast in Karnataka is known as the
Karavali/Canara. The ancient
sapta-Konkan is a slightly larger
region described in the Skanda
Purana which refers to it as
"Parashurama Srishti".

Boundaries
The precise definition of the
Konkan varies, it is roughly the
land between the Western Ghats
and the Arabian Sea, and between
the Tapi river in the north and
the Chandragiri river in the south.
It includes the following districts
of modern India: Thane, Mumbai,
Raigad , Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg,
North Goa, South Goa, Uttara
Kannada , Udupi and Dakshina
Kannada .

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

Geography
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
Bombay) 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.