Goa govt releases movie on Shivaji; to revive his forts, temples

The Goa authorities on Sunday launched a brief movie on Chhatrapati Shivaji on the event of the anniversary of Maratha king’s coronation day.
A Konkani and Hindi model of the movie, titled Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shivrajyabhishek Divas, was launched on social media by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and covers the historical past of Goa and Shivaji’s position in combating the Portuguese. It additionally speaks of “hundreds of such true stories” that it needed the long run generations to pay attention to.
“It was due to the influence of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that the culture of Goa was saved from the Portuguese,” Sawant says within the movie, which was made by the state division of data and publicity.
The movie speaks of a royal tax imposed by the “traitorous” landlords in Pernem, Bicholim, Maneri and Sattari in North Goa to oppress the locals, after which they “betrayed the land and the state” and sought refuge with the Portuguese.
The movie says that in 1677, the Portuguese Governor, Conde De San Vincent, had given an “open warning to Hindus” that stated that “if you want to live in Bardez (in North Goa), you will either have to abandon your religion or leave Bardez”. This, the movie, says was not acceptable to Shivaji, who attacked Colvale Fort with 5,000 troopers, after which the Portuguese surrendered in three days. The movie says that Shivaji was the primary Indian king to defeat the Portuguese.
The movie additionally speaks of the Portuguese destroying the well-known Saptakoteshwar temple in Goa. The temple, the movie says, was an emblem of the glory of the Kadamba dynasty of Goa. Rebuilt in 1668, the temple in Bicholim was the heritage of Goa’s previous, the movie says.
The movie additionally speaks of the position of Shivaji’s son Sambhaji and after him, his brother Rajaram and Sambhaji’s Shahu in taking Shivaji’s legacy ahead. It speaks of Goans holding excessive positions within the Maratha court docket.
Towards the tip of the movie, Sawant says that within the sixtieth 12 months of the liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule, the state authorities had made “an effort to immortalise” Shivaji and was working in direction of renovating and reconstructing the forts and temples constructed by the king.
“Many historical incidents will be glorified and commemorated in the 60th year of Goa’s liberation,” he stated.
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya, a non secular chief who has a large following in Goa, tweeted that the movie was the “real history” of Goa offered by the federal government. “CM @PramodSawant ji yes you r real son of Mother Goa. After many years nationalist CM of Goa done this daring to show real history of Goa. Let it go viral in other languages too,” he posted.