This beautiful young Muslim woman was presented to Shivaji in his court as a gift by one of his victorious warriors. Shivaji looked at her and said, “If only my mother was so beautiful!” To utter such words — again limited by his day — one needs to have rich character and a healthy attitude to beauty. Can we imagine what would happen if such a woman had come in front of today’s uncivilized so-called Shivabhaktas? The difference lies between the real Shivaji and false Shivabhaktas.
