He was accompanied by Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, Education Minister Vinod Tawde, State BJP president Raosaheb Danve and Mumbai party president Ashish Shelar.
The leaders garlanded the statue of the warrior king situated at the fort in Raigad district, which was his capital in 1674 when he was crowned King of the Maratha Kingdom.
A statue of the Maratha warrior and his samadhi are situated at this fort, nearly 170 kms from here.
Till then, Shiv Sena considered Shivaji Maharaj as its icon.
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Fadnavis said 'transparency' and 'good governance' is the mantra given by Shivaji Maharaj and that his party is marching ahead following this mantra.
"People from all across the state have shown faith on us, our party and on the agenda we are taking ahead. We reiterate our commitment to follow the path shown by our great king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and assure development of every citizen," he said.