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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj or Shivaji was the founder of the Maratha empire. Born in 1630, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort in 1677. One of the greatest ...

Outside the room hung a massive portrait of Shivaji. Curious, Gadkari asked Rajinikanth how, despite living in Tamil Nadu, he had such a grand portrait of the Maratha king.

A portrait of Shivaji on horseback hangs at the temple even now and below it a board that commemorates the visit. It gives the date of the visit as October 16, 1677.