Samadhi refers to an indescribable state of consciousness which Shivabalayogi sometimes had translated as "enlightenment." Another meaning of "samadhi" is a place where the physical presence of a yogi, avatar or great saint is anchored, typically the tomb where the physical body is buried.

There are three places where Shivabalayogi's physical presence is anchored: Adivarapupeta, Bangalore and Dodballapur. Each is a Samadhi.

Shri Swamiji's sacred body is buried in the Samadhi in Adivarapupeta, the ashram on the site of where he sat for almost all of his twelve year tapas. The Samadhi is inside the ashram building in the same place where he used to give public darshan.  Adivarapupeta is the first ashram, the Mother ashram, the place from which Shivabalayogi's presence radiates throughout the world.

This ashram building and darshan room is small, so the trustees are making plans to construct a new building over this site.

Shivabalayogi's Samadhi --
the place where his physical body is interred --
at the Adivarapupeta ashram.

Shivabalayogi's Samadhi at the Bangalore ashram in J.P. Nagar.

The Bangalore Samadhi was consecrated on April 10, 1994. A pit was dug in the middle of the garden, as Swamiji had wished, and carefully lined with stone. After a homa fire ceremony and purnahuti (offerings), a small portion of his matted hair (jata), the cloth he was wearing in Adivarapupeta just before his mahasamadhi, a Shivalinga made from the earth in which his holy body was buried, and some personal effects were laid on a bed of vibhuti. That same night, heavy rain fell on Bangalore, an auspicious reminder of the presence of a great yogi.

Granite slabs and a large Shivalinga have been installed over the Bangalore Samadhi and an open, temple-like structure has been built so that the rudraksha trees that are sacred to Shiva and which Shri Swamiji wanted planted would not be disturbed.

 At the same time the Samadhi was consecrated at the Bangalore ashram, a Samadhi was consecrated at Shri Swamiji's ashram in Dodballapur, a small town less than fifty kilometers north of Bangalore.  Dodballapur was the second ashram dedicated to Swamiji. As at the main Bangalore ashram, the Samadhi at Dodballapur contains a small piece of Swamiji's hair, blessed vibhuti, a shawl that Swamiji used to wear, and some other personal effects.

Those who did not have the opportunity to have darshan of Shivabalayogi in his own physical body, and those devotees who did, can experience the same physical presence at these Samadhis.

The experiences are many.  This one is a sample:  "I was sitting in meditation next to the Samadhi in the middle of the Bangalore ashram garden. Although my eyes were closed, I saw Swamiji come up to me from the left and I felt Swamiji touch my left ear. I got up from my meditation, then shortly resumed it. This time I saw Swamiji come up from my right side and, like before, I could very definitely feel His touch, this time on my right ear."

The Samadhi of Shri Swamiji's mother, Parvatamma Allaka.
It is near the main ashram in J.P. Nagar,
at the original Bangalore ashram on Bannerghatta Road.