Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India. In Marathi, it is called as kōkan, in Konkani as kōñkan, and the Kannada word karāvalli, literally meaning ‘coast’, is generally applied to the Kanara subregion. Dapoli is a town in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. It is 215 km from the state capital of Mumbai. Dapoli is also known as Camp Dapoli as the British set their camps in Dapoli. Many high-ranking British officers’ graves are found in this town. The town also has an abandoned church from the time of the British Raj.