Anjuna Tourist Information
The saga of Anjuna lays claim to great antiquity. It harks back to times remote when Bhumika Devi, primitive earth-goddess reigned supreme in her temple by the sacred tolem; the god Vetal in the vicinity near the pond of devadasis. The story tells of installation of the swayambu or self-generated deity of Siddeshwar in Cainsua by the Reddi Raja of Revatidvipa in 659A.D. In the tenth century a brisk trade in noble stallions, shipped in dhows for cavalry regiments of the Deccan via the port of Shahpura, gave this flourishing Arab commercial settlement the name hanjamana. Evolving into Hanzun it was one of twelve villages where Saraswats swooped and cultivated, setting off gory feuds with the original dwellers. Linked by natural waterways, Anjuna became a thriving hub of ship-building and fishing, while traditional crafts like making mud pottery,rope and liquor continued apace. Bullock carts transporting agricultural produce and other goods from port to market-place plied on uneven red mud roads with an occasional dovarne to relieve the humble head-loader of his burden.
The magnificent vista of a great blue canopy of sky above and a lush green valley below – that is Anjuna from a bird’s eye view! Ringed in by low brown-red hills of Baga, Arpora, Parra, Assagao and Siolim, opening only in the west to the golden sandy stretch of beach, this five-square mile hamlet nestles within a natural barricade of sea and hill. It does resemble a giant bowl in diverse shades of green, criss-crossed by wide tarmac tracks, the russet ribbon of rural roads and the scintillating shimmer of snaky streams. Acres and acres of paddy-fields in neat square chunks are interspersed by woody clumps of mango and coconut groves that cleverly camouflage human dwellings. But, set on a rocky promontory overlooking the waters of the Arabian Sea, almost defiantly the ancient fortress of Chapora stands majestic in its ruins.
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