Situated on the west drift in the Konkan district

Ancient Discoveries Situated on the west drift in the Konkan district, Goa is the littlest condition of India. It is limited by the condition of Maharashtra toward the north and by Karnataka toward the east and south, while the Arabian Sea frames its western coast. Goa was the initial segment of India that was colonized by Europeans furthermore the last to be freed and is better referred to the world as the previous Portuguese enclave on Indian soil. In the past it was known as Govapuri, Gomant or Aprant. The Arab mariners knew it as Sindabur, or Sandabur, and the Portuguese as Goa. Amid the control of the Portuguese it procured the appellations of the 'Rome of Asia' and 'Pearl of the Orient'. Around 77 miles (125 KM) of the Goan coast line is specked with shorelines. These shorelines are partitioned into North Goa and South Goa Beaches. Little ponder, it was additionally called the 'Goa Dourada' or 'Brilliant Goa' sands.

In spite of the fact that eminent on the planet for its clean and safe shorelines and rave parties, it additionally has a recorded family set apart by its reality legacy landmarks, antiquated love house like sanctuaries, holy places and so on. With numerous sightseers both national and global going by it, prevalently for beach& party-tourism, numerous do require some investment out to look at its social and chronicled attractions. It is this blend of fun and society that gives Goa its one of a kind character.

Brief History:

In spite of the fact that perceptionally Goa's radiance has been connected with the Portuguese occupation, its glory originated before the colonizers. Rulers and different rulers from a large group of Indian administrations had made this little gem sparkle with illustrious grandeur. In antiquated writing, Goa was referred to by numerous names, for example, Gomanta, Gomanchala, Gopakapattam, Gopakapuri, Govapuri, Govem, and Gomantak. The Indian epic Mahabharata alludes to the region now known as Goa, as Goparashtra or Govarashtra which implies a country of cowherds. Gopakapuri or Gopakapattanam were utilized as a part of some old Sanskrit writings, and these names were additionally specified in other holy Hindu messages, for example, the Harivansa and the Skanda Purana. In the last mentioned, Goa is otherwise called Gomanchala. Parashurambhoomi is a name that the locale is alluded to in specific engravings and messages, for example, the Puranas. In the third century BCE, Goa was known as Aparantha, and is said by the Greek geographer Ptolemy. The Greeks alluded to Goa as Nelkinda or Nelcynda in the thirteenth century. Some other verifiable names for Goa are Sindapur, Sandabur, and Mahassapatam.

This soonest recovery of area in the district was by the Saraswat Brahmins. This episode likewise gives the premise of an exceptionally prevalent hypothesis of birthplace of Goa. This people group was known as the Saraswats on the grounds that their roots have been related to the banks of the River Saraswati, a legendary waterway that transcendently existed in the brains of the tenants of India from the Vedic times. As indicated by legends, this waterway Saraswati therefore became scarce bringing about huge scale relocation of this gathering of Brahmins to all sides of India.

A gathering of ninety-six families, referred to today as Gaud Saraswats, settled along the Konkan coast in and around contemporary Goa some place around 1000 BC. As per Hindu legends firmly common in the South Indian locale, Parashurama (the warrior-sage and an incarnation of God Vishnu) flung his hatchet into the ocean and summoned the Sea God to retreat up to the point where his hatchet landed. The new real estate parcel consequently recuperated came to be known as "Konkan" signifying "bit of earth" or "corner of earth" (Kona (corner) + kana (piece)). This was accomplished for settling these uprooted individuals. The Saraswat Brahmins settled in three islands in the estuary of the Zuari and Mandovi streams. The Mahabharata alludes to Goa as Gomanta Kingdom or Goparashtra, "a country of cowherds or of itinerant tribes". Brahmanas were transcendently peaceful individuals and their prized ownership was dairy animals.