
Virtual Memorial
Shivaji
A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Shivaji, remembered for Maratha Empire, Military leadership, Regional statecraft.

Why Shivaji Is Remembered
Shivaji is remembered for maratha empire, military leadership, regional statecraft. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.
The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.
A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm
This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Shivaji.
The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.
Place Context
Pune, India is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Shivaji's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.
Historical Context
Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort.
Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.
Photos

Author: Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920 Subject: India -- History Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: AFA
Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920, https://archive.org/details/oxfordstudentshi00smituoft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Source
Shivaji (1627-1680) with a sword in his right hand and a lance in his left. Folio 46 of the Witsen Album.
Unknown author Unknown author, http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.457464, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Source
Shivaji portrait, from Kincaid and Parasnis
Anonymous Unknown author, A history of the Maratha People, Vol I, by C A Kincaid & D B Parasnis, 1918, Oxford University Press https://archive.org/details/historyofmaratha01kinc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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