 A thread ceremony, Upanayana, of Shivaji took place on May 29, 1674, and then a Vratya Stoma ceremony was performed.Some historians attribute the need for the coronation to resentment by the other Maratha Deccan nobles of Shivaji's success (he being a Bhosale) and his taking a higher seat than them at state dinners.Shivaji claimed he was of the line of Vishwamitra in his dānapātra (donation).