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Shivabalayogi: Tapas Photos
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Tapasviji Maharaj.
Photo probably taken in the late 1930's.
By the 1940's, Tapasviji was a well known saint in India with ashrams in the
north and south parts of the country. He was born in 1770 and dropped his
physical form on October 12, 1955. He lived 185 years by undergoing kaya
kalpa rejuvenation three times.
Shivabalayogi often praised Tapasviji and credited the great hatha yogi with helping
him during his own tapas, including actually saving his
life.
When Tapasviji first visited the young yogi in 1951, he immediately noticed that
he was starving to death. Tapasviji bought a cow and instructed Swamiji's
mother, Parvatamma, to give a glass of milk each day to the young yogi.
This simple nourishment sustained Shivabalayogi throughout most of his tapas.
Tapasviji also caused the gopuram to be constructed to relieve some of the
suffering the young yogi's body was undergoing. Tapasviji also intervened
on several occasions to protect the young yogi from black magic.
Tapasviji's body is buried in a Samadhi at Koshi, on the road between Delhi and
Agra, See
photo.