Yeap. Murud area still has quite a few Marathi speaking Siddis.
Huh, I had no idea Janjira was historically a Siddi (Bantu descent) state. Sleepy little weekend getaway seaside town near Bombay now. When I visited ~1999 the fort was not open I think. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janjira_State … https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murud-Janjira …
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Thats the bit of Konkan coast I come from. It has quite a few ship wrecked cultures, such as the Korlai Portuguese who're literally a few kilometers north of Murdu-Janjira. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korlai_Indo-Portuguese …
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