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.

The Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation serves as an archive for documents, photographs, video tapes, audio tapes and film on Shivabalayogi. In addition to Swamiji’s personal papers, the Foundation 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. It has an extensive collection of personal experiences with Shivabalayogi, including from devotees throughout India, the United States, and England.

The Foundation also serves, directly and indirectly, to support the local meditation and bhajan groups that are open to the public and make Shivabalayogi’s blessings, particularly the gift of initiation into meditation, available without charge.

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The Shivabalayogi Seva Foundation is an independent trust that works in cooperation with other organizations devoted to Shivabalayogi, particularly the Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj International Trust with whom the Foundation distributes publications and shares the Shivabalayogi website at www.shiva.org.