Konkan

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The Konkan, also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is the name given to a stretch of rugged and beautiful section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore. It includes Mumbai Region and Thane District. The sapta-Konkan is a slightly larger region described in the Skanda-purana. Konkan is also one of six divisions of the state of Maharashtra. Residents of Konkan and their descendants are called Konkanis. The name may also refer specifically to the Konkani people, an ethnic group of the region; most of them speak the Konkani language, which is from the Indo-European family of languages. The Sanskrit term Konkanastha , meaning "Resident of Konkan", is used to refer to the Chitpavan, a Brahmin caste of the region.