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Shivaji Bhosale I (A great Marathi King) born on 19 February 1630
Shivneri Fort, Shivneri, Ahmadnagar Sultanate was an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned as the chhatrapati (emperor) of his realm at Raigad.
His Father was Shri Shahaji & Mother
Jijabai. Shivaji engaged in both alliances and hostilities with the Mughal Empire, Sultanate of Golkonda and Sultanate of Bijapur, as well as European colonial powers. Shivaji’s military forces expanded the Maratha sphere of influence, capturing and building forts, and forming a Maratha navy.
He was the founder of Navy force in India. He promoted the usage of Marathi and Sanskrit, rather than Persian language, in court and administration.
VEDIK GYAN:
Symbolic Meaning of Natraj
God Shiva in Bhujangatrasita karana pose. five most important elements, indicating the Panchakritya, or five key acts of the Nataraja.
*Srishti or creation* : The Nataraja’s rear left arm carries
Damuru, the vibrations of which create the universe. Some conflate this with the Big Bang of cosmic creation.
*Samhara or destruction:* The raised, rear right-hand carries the fire that atrophies matter to a formless state, only for regeneration. In that sense, it is the fire of transformation.
*Sthithi or maintenance/protection:* The open palm of the forehand indicates an assurance: There is nothing to fear about constant cosmic overhaul; change is normal and I’m here to protect you.
*Tirobhava or concealment:* The hidden lower-left palm pointing downwards says he’s the creator of maya, illusion or the veil of ignorance.
*Anugraha or blessing or liberation* : The raised left foot, combined with the closed hand, signifies the option available before the seeker: moksha or liberation from ignorance and, by implication, from the cycle of birth and death.
God Shiva standing on a body of an Asur/demon called Apasmara.
Demon at the Nataraja’s feet represents the evils of ignorance and ego, to be trampled upon if one must rise to a higher plane of self-actualisation. Therefore Shiva, in Nataraja form, keep on dancing, eternally.
*Circle of fire* : The frame around Nataraja is maya, illusion, as experienced through the cyclical phenomenon of birth & death.
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*स्वाभिमान* : Self respect. आत्मसम्मान
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