ShivajiĀ wasĀ bornĀ to Shahaji and Jijabai, at the time of the severe Mahadurga famine in the Maharashtra region. He had an elder brother named Sambhaji, and his parents had lost several other children .
infancy.Ā ShivajiĀ wasĀ bornĀ at the hill fort of Shivneri, and his mother named him after Shivai, a local goddess.