Kharwas were skilled sailors / Caption and seamen who had experience on the seas having traveled to places as far away as Aden, Zanzibar and Singapore.
[4] Kharwa are Hindu and worship various forms of Devi, including Ambaji, Bhadrakali, Bahuchara and Chamunda in Porbandar.
[5] Like other marine communities, Kharwas celebrate the opening of the seafaring season, after the passage of the Monsoon on Narial Purnima which falls on the full moon in the month of Śravaṇ.
Shravan Purnnima is celebrated with Shiva, Varuna, Marut, Parjanya and Ratnākar are worshiped, with Ganesha to remove any obstacles from their upcoming journeys into the sea.
A lingam is installed along the coast and as the water level rises around it, it is believed that the spirit of Samudra has entered.