CHIPLUN: INVADED BY FEW, EXALTED BY MANY!

Chiplun was considered to be the initial home of the Konkanasth or Chitpavan Brahmans. According to myths, after acquiring the Konkan region from the encroaching sea, people were blessed with sixty Ponds and sixty gardens by Parashuram. Chiplun was originally controlled by the Satavahanas, Shakas, Kshatrapas, Kalachuris and Rashtrakutas. Further, it was attacked by the Kadambas & Traikutas followed by the Delhi Sultanate, Marathas and Peshwas largely. In the seventeenth century, it was an excellent Hamlet, very swarming and plentifully stocked with all types of equipment. The interior area in Chiplun, known as Markandi, is considered to have received the fame from the Yadnya performed there by a Maharshi Markandeya. During the events of the Maratha Empire, Chiplun was stopping place when progressing towards upper ghat precincts of Satara. Shivaji Maharaj arrived on Gowalkoat fort in Chiplun to get an update of his Armed forces before leaving for his crowning at Raigad. Chiplun was taken over next by means of fort battles which comprise of Sambhaji Maharaj, Tulaj Angre, Chimaji Appa, and Siddi Sat before taken up by a body of Ramoshis in 1818 but rejected on the strategy of British forces. During this time Bajirao Peshwa, who for few years (1812-1815) came under the Kumbharli pass to tour his castle at Guhagar near Dabhol, established a rest home for himself which is presently utilised as a Government office.

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