Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, also known as Shenvis, are a Hindu community of contested caste status and identity. They primarily speak Konkani and its various dialects as their mother tongue.
Parshurama with Saraswat Brahmin settlers, commanding Varuna to make the seas recede in order to create the Konkan Region
The Chitpavan Brahmin or the Kokanastha Brahmin is a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra. Initially working as messengers and spies
Chitpavan Brahmins practising Bodan, a rite performed on important occasions like birth or marriage