Handloom Publishing
Handloom is the name under which Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation publishes books, videos and bhajan recordings about Shivabalayogi.
Shri Swamiji was born as Sathyaraju in the village of Adivarapupeta in Andra Pradesh, India. Most of the villagers, like Swamiji's own family, were members of the Devanga community, people who make their living weaving cloth. Swamiji's native village is small and rustic, a place where cloth is still woven on handlooms. By the age of six, Swamiji himself had learned how to weave cotton sarees on a handloom.
The nadis, ancient astrological prophesies, state that in a past life, Shivabalayogi was Kabir, a great saint revered by Moslem and Hindu alike. Kabir wrote mystical poetry and worked as a weaver of cloth. Like Kabir and all Self realized beings, Shivabalayogi does not belong to any religion. He serves everyone. And like other great Masters, he teaches through experiences which, with the course of time and perspective, transform the individual, seemingly unrelated threads into a beautiful tapestry of life.
Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation
The Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation is an archive for documents, photographs, video recordings, audio recordings and movie film on Shivabalayogi. It has over two hours of film, a hundred hours of video recordings, thirty hours of audio recordings of conversations, and 3,600 photographs of Shri Swamiji. In addition to Swamiji’s personal papers, the Foundation has collected hundreds of personal experiences with Shivabalayogi, including from devotees throughout India, the United States, and England.
These resources are available to anyone who would like to use them.
We hope that by making accurate information available about Shivabalayogi, we can all better understand not only this great Yogi of Yogis, but also other Self-realized yogis whether in a traditional, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Jewish or any other spiritual tradition.
The Foundation supports the local meditation and bhajan groups that are open to the public and make Shivabalayogi’s blessings, particularly his gift of initiation into meditation, available without charge.
the Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation
P.O. Box 64634
Tucson, AZ 85728