Question

1......... a learned Pandit crowned Shivaji Maharaj on his
first coronation.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Vishveshvara Bhattaa learned Pandit crowned Shivaji Maharaj on his

first coronation.

Vishveshvara Bhatta (IAST: Viśveśvara Bhaṭṭa), popularly known as Gaga Bhatt (from Gāgā Bhaṭṭa) was a 17th-century Brahmin scholar from Varanasi, best known for presiding over the coronation of the Maratha king, Shivaji.

Answer 2

Complete question:

Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate words from the options given below:

______, a learned Pandit crowned Shivaji Maharaj on his first coronation.

Options:

A.) Pandit Ganga Bhatt

B.) Nischal Puri Gosavi

C.) Firangoji Narsala

D.) None of the above.

Answer:

A.) Pandit Ganga Bhatt, a learned Pandit crowned Shivaji Maharaj on his first coronation.​

Vishveshwara Bhatta:

• Popularly known as Gaga Bhatt, this Varanasi-born Brahmin scholar is most renowned for preside over Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's coronation as the Maratha king in the 17th century.
• The event was officiated by Gaga Bhatt, who also filled a gold vessel with the seven holy waters of the rivers Yamuna, Sindhu, Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri.
• While chanting the coronation mantras, he held the vessel over Shivaji's head and allowed water to drip from the vessel's numerous tiny holes.
• Shivaji bowed before Jijamata and touched her feet after the ablution.
• For the celebrations, around 50,000 people gathered in Raigad.
• The Vedas, the Sacred Thread the Zaanva, and an Abhisheka were presented to Shivaji.
• The Indra abhishek rite, which had not been used since the ninth century, had been his insistence.
• Then, Shivaji received the honorific "shakakarta."
• He received the Vedas, the Zaanva (also known as Janeu, the sacred thread), and an abhisheka bath.
• On June 6, 1674, at the Raigad fort, Shivaji was formally crowned Chhatrapati.

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