Probable that Agastya brought with him Brahmin families as well and they might have settled in the Konkan Region, Goa.
There is a view that Parashurama brought them to the South.
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Saraswat Brahmins lived on the banks of now-extinct Saraswati River that flowed in the northern part of India. They derived their name from either the river or from their spiritual leader, Saraswat Muni. who lived on the banks of the Saraswati.
The River Sarasvati is included in the Prokshana,Sandhyavandan and Snana Mantra..
Gange cha Yamenes chaiva Godavari Sarasvathi,
Narmade Sindhu Kaveri Jalesmin Sannidhim Kuru.
There was a Vedic civilization flourishing on the banks of the Sarasvati river and it was named as Sarasvati Civilization.
Initially all the references found in the Vedas,Puranas and Ithihasas were dismissed as Myths.
As science advances and the web becomes the source of information , which has been not available earlier, the Myths are found to be facts.
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