Mar: चिपळूण c(h)ipaḷūṇa
‘Pure Mind’ -City/District Maharashtra
From Chitpavan [Skt: pāvana, ‘pure’, ‘holy’; Skt: c(h)itta, ‘mind’, ‘thought’].
This area was the original home of the Chitpavan Brahmins which suggests that Chiplun is a corruption of their name.
Alternatively, an origin myth is told of how Parashurama [Skt: paraśu, ‘axe’, ‘hatchet’ and Rama] the sixth avatar of Vishnu:created this community from the corpses of shipwrecked sailors he saved from the pyre [Skt: citā, ‘(funeral) pyre’] and brought back to life as fully-fledged Brahmins.
The Shivasrushti at Derwan is a sculpted life story of the Maratha King Shivaji.
Shivasrushti, Derwan (Chiplun District) Abhay Bhosale
