The Bhatta family was Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) and originally hailed from Paithan, Maharashtra who belongs to Vishwamitra gotra.

[1] His great grandfather Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa was a well-known scholar and his notable works on smriti include, Prayogaratna, Tristhalisetu, Antyeșțipaddhati and Vṛttaratnāvalī.

[3] Gaga Bhatt's first reference appears in 1640 where is noted as a member of the assembly of Pandits in Kashi deciding upon the rights of a Shende Golak family.

[4][5] Ganga Bhatt appeared without invitation in the chronicles of Sabhasad and Chitragupta, when he decided to visit his court after hearing about the fame of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

He was impressed with Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj court and their treatment of him, quoting: The forms of Kshatriya duty have been utterly extinguished during the Kali Yuga.

Allison Busch, Professor at the Columbia University states that Shivaji was not a Kshatriya as required and hence had to postpone the coronation until 1674 and hired Gaga Bhatt to trace his ancestry back to the Sisodias.

Bhatt was made compliant, and he accepted the Bhonsle pedigree as fabricated by the clever secretary Balaji Avji, and declared that Rajah was a Kshatriya, descended from the Maharanas of Udaipur.

[12] Historians such as Surendra Nath Sen and V. K. Rajwade reject the Sisodia origin by citing the temple inscription of Math, dated to 1397 and holds the view that the genealogy was forged by Shivaji's men.

[13] Gaga Bhatt officially presided over the ceremony, and had a gold vessel filled with the seven sacred waters of the rivers Yamuna, Sindhu, Ganga, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri.

Shivaji was formally crowned Chhatrapati ("Chhatrapati= Chief, head or King of Kshatriyas", representing the protection he bestowed on his people) on 6 June 1674 at the Raigad fort.