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Shivabalayogi: Tapas Photos
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The Dhyana Mandir (Meditation Temple) built to protect Shivabalayogi.
Photo probably taken not long after he completed tapas in 1961.
Shivabalayogi can be seen sitting inside the gopuram (dome). When
giving public darshan, people would ascend the outer staircase (in this photo, on the right
of the building), pass by his seat (asana), then descend the inner staircase (also on
the right side).
The meditation room itself, on the ground floor, measured twelve foot square and
was completed in October of 1950, some fifteen months after Shivabalayogi began
tapas.
The gopuram was added at the suggestion of Tapaswiji Maharaj (see next
picture). It serves to draw heat from the ground floor, making the
meditation room a little more bearable in the intense tropical heat.