The other forts held by the Mughals were recaptured one by one. Meanwhile the wretched kingdom of Bijapur was once again plunged into confusion by the death of its monarch, Ali Adilshah. Shivaji found the opportunity too tempting to pass over. He attacked Bijapur and by the end of 1674, he had penetrated Bijapur. Bijapur was reduced to impotence, Golconda was paralyzed, and the Viceroy of the Deccan looked helpless as the Marathas were marching ahead. Shivaji was determined to be crowned the lawful monarch of the lands, which he had won. The crowning ceremony was organized. Before the ceremony Shivaji went to Pratapgadh for some days to offer his prayer before the shrine of Amba Bhavani.

On his return Shivaji had a talk with the English ambassador, who had come to Raigad to witness the ceremony. They also talked about the destruction in their factories in Surat, Karwar and Hubli. The coronation of Shivaji was a scene of great splendor. First Raja Shivaji was invested with a sacred thread and declared to be an anointed Kshatriya, the Lord of Maratha race. Then he weighed himself in gold and distributed it among the Brahmins. Lastly clad in gorgeous robe, the Raja mounted the throne. The guns of Raigad thundered volley after volley : the sound was caught and repeated from fort to fort in a series all over Sahyadri mountain range. The valleys kept on echoing the gun shots for hours together. On June 6, 1674, Shivaji became the Chhatrapati and then onwards was known as Chhatrapati Shivaji. Shivaji sat on the throne with golden image of Vishnu on his right side, with his queen and ministers holding their symbolic emblems sitting around him.