Adivarapupeta

Coordinates: 16°48′29.07″N 82°3′30.19″E / 16.8080750°N 82.0583861°E / 16.8080750; 82.0583861

Adivarapupeta is a village in the East Godavari district of the Indian state pf Andhra Pradesh. Shivabalayogi was born in the village and did twelve years of meditation. His mahasamadhi was done in his Ashram at the village.[1]

The temple in Adivarapupeta located on the place where Shivabalayogi sat for almost ten of his twelve years of tapas (meditation in samadhi). Taken in March 2000.

Most of the residents of Adivarapupeta belong to the Devanga community and earn their living weaving cotton sarees for women and dhoties (wraps) for men on handlooms. It is surrounded by paddy fields irrigated by canals from the Godavari River.[2]

The Shivabalayogi ashram includes a temple which houses the Shiva Lingam and statue of Parvati Devi that Shivabalayogi installed on the place where he sat for almost ten of his twelve-year tapas.[3] The temple measures 86 feet by 46 feet and its dome reaches 45 feet high.[4] Adjacent is the Samadhi mausoleum where Shivabalayogi’s body is interred.[5]

Adivarapupeta is a place of pilgrimage for Shivabalayogi devotees, especially during Mahashivaratri. It is accessible by train to Rajamundry, Kakinada or Samalkota from where one can take a local bus or taxi.

Notes

  1. ↑ Thomas L. Palotas, ‘‘Divine Play’’, pp. 270-271.
  2. ↑ Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, ‘‘Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj: Life & Spiritual Ministration’’, pp. 3, and Thomas L. Palotas, ‘‘Tapas Shakti’’, pp. 140-141.
  3. ↑ Thomas L. Palotas, ‘‘Swamiji’s Treasure’’, pp. 86-88.
  4. ↑ http://shiva.org/SHIVABALAYOGI-Apeta_Ashram.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.shivabalayogi.org/Shivabalayogi_Samadhi.htm

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