On March 7, 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda entered mahasamadhi, a great yogi’s final conscious exit from the body. He had just finished giving a short speech at a banquet honoring India’s ambassador to the United States, Dr. Binay R. Sen, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
His passing was marked by an extraordinary phenomenon. A notarized statement signed by the Director of Forest Lawn Memorial‑Park testified: “No physical disintegration was visible in his body even twenty days after death....This state of perfect preservation of a body is, so far as we know from mortuary annals, an unparalleled one....Yogananda’s body was apparently in a phenomenal state of immutability.”
Each year, many followers and friends of the beloved world teacher pay tribute to him by making a pilgrimage to his crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, California.
Paramahansaji’s crypt is located at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum building. Entrance to the building is restricted; please inform the attendant you are visiting the crypt of Paramahansa Yogananda and they will remotely unlock the door for you. The crypt is located in the “Sanctuary of Golden Slumber” hall.
Directions to the mausoleum are available from the information booth located at the park’s main entrance.
Hours
The Great Mausoleum building at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park is open daily 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Forest Lawn is open daily 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time).
Location
Forest Lawn Memorial-Park - Glendale
1712 S Glendale Ave,
Glendale, CA 91205
Forest Lawn Memorial-Park - Glendale
U.S. Toll Free: 1 (888) 204-3131
International: +1 (323) 254-3131