Pilgrimages
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| Welcoming Convocation participants during a Mother Center pilgrimage |
We invite you to join guided pilgrimages to our ashram centers, temples, hermitages, and retreats, where the natural beauty and peaceful atmosphere offer refreshment to mind and spirit. Most of these spiritual centers were established by Paramahansa Yogananda during his lifetime, and have since become places of pilgrimage for thousands of people each year who come from all parts of the globe to visit the sites where this great world teacher lived, worked, and communed with God.
Please note that the pilgrimages to the Mother Center, Lake Shrine, the Hollywood Temple, and our Guru’s crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park will be conducted at the same times as the morning meditations, kirtans and satsangas. There will be kirtans and talks at the pilgrimage sites.
The ashram centers, temples, and retreats will only be open to those attending the pilgrimages.
Pilgrmages may be selected when you
register for Convocation.
2013 Pilgrimage Schedule
Convocation — August 4 - 10
| Pilgrimage Event |
Day |
Time |
|
| Mother Center |
Monday |
7:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. |
(also German)
(also Handicapped Access)* |
| Tuesday |
7:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. |
(also Spanish)
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| Wednesday |
7:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. |
(also Italian & Portuguese)
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| Thursday |
7:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. |
(also French & Japanese)
(also Handicapped Access)* |
| |
| Lake Shrine |
Monday |
7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)* † |
| Tuesday |
7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m. |
|
| Wednesday |
7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m. |
|
| Thursday |
7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| |
Hollywood Temple
& Forest Lawn |
Monday |
8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| Tuesday |
8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| Wednesday |
8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| Thursday |
8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:15 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| |
| Encinitas |
Sunday, August 11 |
7:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m. |
(also Handicapped Access)*† |
| |
Information
- Unless otherwise noted, pilgrimages are conducted in English.
- Devotional chanting and/or talks by monastics are part of the pilgrimages.
- A light lunch will be served on weekday pilrimages. Buses are scheduled to return to the Bonaventure Hotel in time for the afternoon classes.
- A light snack and lunch will be served on the Encinitas pilgrimage. Return buses depart from Encinitas between 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and will arrive in Los Angeles in approximately three hours.
- Please note that for local residents from Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, the Mother Center pilgrimage tickets are available as standby only and can be purchased at the Figueroa Street entrance on a first come, first served basis.
* SRF does not provide wheelchairs. You may bring your own or rent one from the hotel.
† Wheelchair lift available