Encinitas_Gardens_of_Self_Realization_Fellowship_Hermitage
Self-Realization Fellowship Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens
Botanical garden in California, U.S.
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s.[2][3][4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.[5][1] The meditation gardens are open to the public, and the compound also contains a monastic ashram that is home to SRF monks, nuns, and male postulants (monks in training).[5][6][7]