The place where Shivabalayogi was initiated into tapas on August 7, 1949, about 600 feet outside the village of Adivarapupeta, by an irrigation canal that carries water from the Godavari River to the nearby rice paddies.

Looking at this photo, the actual place is to the left of the small dam.  It was here that God in the form of Shiva appeared to Sathyaraju and made him sit in tapas.

Photo from movie film taken in 1963.