India is surrounded by three seas. India’s coastline is approximately 7516.6 kilometers. A total of 9 states and 4 union territories of India are connected by sea border. But do you know in which sea of India the most pearls are found? Yes, today we will tell you in which sea in India the most pearls are found.
Coastline of India
Let us tell you that India has a coastline of 7516.6 km (mainland: 5422.6 km; island area: 2094 km). It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean. In particular, there is the Arabian Sea in the west, Lakshadweep Sea in the southwest, Bay of Bengal in the east and Indian Ocean in the south. The Konkan / Malabar coast of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Goa is located on the Western Ghats. While on the east side, a wide area is spread between the Bay of Bengal and the Eastern Ghats, which is called the Coromandel Coast. Indian states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep are facing the Arabian Sea. West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands are facing the Bay of Bengal.
Pearl
The best pearls are found in India. Because the marine climate here is most suitable as compared to the rest of the world. Dr. Ajay Sonkar, a scientist of the country’s pearl aquaculture sector, has said that in Japan, the country that has a monopoly in pearl production, it takes more than three years for a pearl to be formed. But in India, in the clean, calm and diverse marine climate of Andaman, a pearl is formed in just six months to one year. The largest number of pearls is found in India’s Andaman.
Dr. Ajay Sonkar, a scientist in the pearl aquaculture sector, further said that the sea water of Japan is very cold and due to changes in the sea climate and construction in the past years, the sea water has become very polluted. A large number of oysters are dying in the sea there, due to which the pearl production there is not very good. But the pearls of India are considered to be very good.
how to make a pearl
Let us tell you that there are creatures of the snail species in the sea, in whose stomach pearls are formed. Actually, snails live in a very strong shell for their protection and this shell is called oyster. When one or two oysters out of thousands get a hole in their shell, then sand particles enter inside it. In such a situation, a layer of a special kind of substance starts forming on the sand particles inside the oyster. This special substance is called calcium carbonate and it keeps on being produced inside that organism. But with time, it becomes like a shiny round shaped stone of white color, which is called a pearl.
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