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T.Selva is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is an author, columnist, radio and television personality on Vasthu Sastra (Indian feng shui) and ancient secrets. He is a renowned international speaker on the subject and has presented 367 talks (until July 2011) in 27 countries, attracting hundreds of people at each session. Through his teachings on ancient philosophies, he is said to have brought changes and hope to the lives of many people. He studied Vastu Sastra under the 7th Generation Vasthu Sastra Master Yuvaraj Sowma from Chennai, India and became his first disciple in 2000.

Selva is the first person outside India to write and talk extensively on Vasthu Sastra He is the pioneer in the world to provide daily Vasthu Sastra tips via SMS to mobile phone users in Malaysia. Today, by typing a text message ON VS and sending it to 32321, all mobile phone owners in Malaysia can receive a daily tip from him at 9.30am daily. Selva writes a Vasthu column in Malaysia’s leading English daily Sunday Star and his writings also appears in the India Down Under monthly newspaper in Sydney and India’ leading magazine India Empire which is circulated to people of Indian origin in 22 countries.

He has also written a column titled Art of Happy Living in The Star for two years, teaching readers how to remove stress, anger, hatred, envy, challenges and other challenges in life. Selva is an accomplished international speaker on mystical sciences and has so far presented talks in Florida, London, Sydney, Perth, Brunei, Chennai, Singapore and Malaysia, to name a few. The amazing feat of Selva is that all his talks worldwide are for free or for charity because he believes that service to man is service to God.

In 2009, he provided daily tips on Vasthu Sastra in Malaysia’s leading television network Astro 201 Channel in the Vizhuthugal show for a year. Currently he provides tips on Vasthu Sastra and ancient knowledge on Astro 201 Channel on every Friday at 10pm in the 360 degrees programme.

He also host a weekly radio show on RTM’s Traxxfm 100.1 on the last Friday of every month and provide weekly tips on Home Living on BFM 89.9 on every Saturday in Malaysia. He has participated in several prestigious conferences on Body, Mind and Spirit in Australia, United State, Singapore and London and has appeared on radio and television talk shows in Australia, India, Malaysia and Europe, including the BBC in London. In Malaysia, he is a regular feature on Breakfast and Talk shows in TV3, NTV7, RTM2 and Astro.

He has authored five books titled 101 Tips on Indian Feng Shui, Secrets of Mole Reading, Journey With Amma, Vasthu Sastra for Harmonious Living and the Vasthu Sastra Guide. His Vasthu Guide book has been translated from English to Japanese, Hindi, Tamil and Fasi.

He holds a Master of Arts (Communication Management) from the University of South Australia. He can be contacted at: Email: tselvas@pd.jaring.my Website: www.vasthusastra.com ...

Early Life
T. Selva was born on July 30, 1959 in Port Klang and is the youngest in the family of eight. His late father Thirunavakkarasu was a civil servant and his mother Rajaletchumi was the pillar of the family after his father died when he was 12-years-old. He has great admiration for his late grandfather Govindasamy who was a renowned road builder and businessman in Port Klang and follows his grand dad’s footsteps as a respected and credible person with integrity. His father had a deep understanding of the occult sciences and interest in astrology and palmistry, which he believes he has inherited. Selva received his early education at La Salle School Klang and from young he was active in writing. He studied journalism at the London School of Journalism and holds a Master of Arts (Communication Management) from the University of South Australia. He is married and has a daughter and twin sons.

Passion in writing
T. Selva first article was published in the New Straits Times when he was 14. It all started when his secondary school teacher Yusof told him that he should be a writer because he could express himself well in his essay writings. Motivated by his words, Selva began writing poems and opinions to the editor columns in various newspapers. His mum was against his writings because she feared it would land him in trouble with the authorities. But this did not stop him as he was driven by his passion to write. To fund his postage to mail his articles to the media, he sold used kerosene tins, bottles and newspapers to earn some money to purchase envelopes and stamps. Owing to his regular letters to the media, the New Straits Times invited him to become a regular contributor, which he did for two years. He has also wrote a script for RTM. Since then, his articles have appeared in English and Malay dailies - the New Straits Times, The Star, Straits Echo, Watan and magazines - Gema RTM, Sinar Zaman - during his teenage days. His early writings focused on entertainment and during his stint meeting local singers and movie stars, Selva also acted in a Malay drama called “Sayang SiButa” aired over RTM and had a brief role along with actress Rubia Superman and actor Sidik Hassan and Omar Manan. He first stint on radio was when he was interviewed on RTM’s Yong World programme hosted by popular deejay Ganesh when he was 19. He joined the The Star in February 1980 and after a short stint at the headquarters, he was sent to become the newspaper’s staff correspondent in Klang. He served the Klang bureau for six years and among his outstanding stories were those related to the port and maritime industry. During his stint there, he also covered the official functions and activities of His Highness the late Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and developed fondness for the Ruler. He has travelled on the royal yacht and visited palaces to meet the Sultan who called him “tamby” younger brother in Tamil. He was awarded the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK) from the Sultan for his outstanding work and writings on Selangor developments. The Sultan, died on 21 November 2001 when he was the King, and Selva wrote a moving piece on his account with the Sultan in The Star published on 22 November 2001. In 1986, he was sent to Kuching, Sarawak to establish The Star’s bureau there. He served as the corresponded for Sarawak for two years and also covered news in Brunei. He also worked at the Ipoh bureau for a brief period before returning to the headquarters in 1990 and took up the position as Assistant Editor (Metro). He introduced the Maritime Section and became its Editor for nine years. Under his editorship, the Maritime Section won three awards – from the Malaysian Maritime Institute, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Malaysia, and Malaysian Airlines Cargo – for media excellence. He moved on to establish Sunday Metro after two years as the Editor of the section, he became the Senior News Editor and in 2010, he was promoted to the position of Chief News Editor, which he holds currently. He wrote a popular column Vasthu Sastra (Indian feng shui) in the Sunday Star (http://www.vasthusastra.com/tselvastar.asp) for nine years from 2001 and owing to the popularity of his writing on ancient knowledge, his column was widened and renamed Ancient Secrets in June 2011. He also provides tips on Vasthu Sastra and ancient secrets via SMS to mobile phone users in Malaysia via The Star. (To subscribe, type ON VS and send it to 32321). Selva also provided tips on Star TV. .

Interest in Ancient Sciences
From the age of 17, T. Selva has been researching and learning about occult sciences and spirituality. He believed that both aspects contributed towards the art of living of any individual. He travelled widely worldwide to meet astrologers, healers and spiritual leaders to enhance his knowledge on occult sciences. After meeting over a hundred experts in the field of body, mind and soul, Selva chose 7th generation astrologer and Vasthu Sastra practitioner Yuvaraj Sowma as his master. He became his first disciple and was exposed deeper into the metaphysical world. His life further transformed when he met living saint Mata Amritanandamayi better known as the hugging saint in Singapore in 2000. He was touched and moved by her selfless charitable and healing activities.

Following his meeting with Amma, Selva sought permission from her to write a book on her to spread her teachings and her unconditional love. Amma agreed and he went on a journey to meet her in nine cities – Brisbane, Sydney, Tokyo, New York, Zurich, Geneva, Kerala, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The purpose of the travels, which took him two years to complete, was to personally record experiences of those who have received the therapeutic and healing hugs of Amma. His book titled Journey With Amma was launched by Amma herself in Sydney and Selva printed 5,000 copies and donated all proceeds from the sale of the book to Amma’s Trust. During the journey, Amma asked him what did he want from her and he jokingly replied that he “wanted to be like her” helping people in some way. Amma laughed and later looked into his eyes and told him that he would be one very soon. Three months after completing his mission with Amma, Selva was invited to write a column on Vasthu Sastra in The Star. He reluctantly accepted and write his first column, which received overwhelming response. This followed by readers requesting him to give talks on Vasthu Sastra, which he did under one condition that it must be for free or for charity. Selva said: “If Amma can provide her service for free worldwide, the same formula should also work for me.”

He has so far given 367 talks worldwide on his own expenses and also providing free consultations to people coming to his talks. According to Selva, the highest form of charity in any spirituality faith is to share good knowledge for the well-being of fellow mankind and this is what he is doing to heal the world. The manner he promoted Vasthu Sastra selflessly attracted hundreds of fans and followers worldwide, forcing him to travel to different cities every other weekend.

Philanthropy
T. Selva is extraordinary philanthropist who helps people not by giving cash from his pocket but through his energy and knowledge. He has made it a point that at all his talks, if the organise wants to collect money, it must be a maximum of RM10 and all contribution must go towards a charity. Via this method, he has raise funds for the less fortunate, sent the sick to undergo a surgery, purchase wheel chairs for the handicapped and purchasing food for the poor.

Spirituality
T. Selva viewed spirituality as at art and science of harmonious living and life as a journey and not a destination. After his tour with Amma, he started another journey and this time to visit renowned spiritual leaders in different faiths and powerful spiritual sites. His purpose was to bring about better understanding on cross faith and beliefs. He started by participating in a Art of Happiness course directly under His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in his monastery in Dharmsala, India. He learnt Buddha’s teachings based on Nagarjuna and Bodhicitta.

He also spent sometime and made several trips to learn teachings on human values under the late Sathya Sai Baba.in Puttapathi, India. He met Guruji Sri Sri Ravi Shanker and learnt the Art of Living and the power of a smile. Selva picked up the teaching of Self Realization of Paramahansa Yogananda and got initiated in his private residence in Calcutta, India Guruji Prem Rawat further enhanced his knowledge on peace is possible and finding all answers within us.

He received blessing from silent guru Mother Meera in Germany and met Pope Benedict at the Vatican City in Rome. Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev was another leader he met to improve his studies and understanding on divinity. Selva also visited the home of Mother Teresa, world richest temple Tirupathi, participated in the world largest religious gathering the Kumbh Mela festival and the Golden Temple in Amritsar.