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    100th Anniversary

    Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the SRF Mother Center With Us

    The SRF Mother Center commemorates two historic milestones in 2025 — the 100th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda establishing the Mother Center as the International Headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship, and the 75th anniversary of the first SRF World Convocation, personally conducted by the Guru on these sacred grounds.

    Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the SRF International Headquarters With Brother Chidananda

    Please join SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda on Saturday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) for a special talk celebrating the 100th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s founding of the international headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship atop Mount Washington in Los Angeles in 1925.

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    Exhibit: SRF Mother Center — Celebrating 100 Years

    We invite you to view a Centennial Commemoration exhibit in the main hall of the International Headquarters Building, on display through December 20, 2025.

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    2025 SRF World Convocation: Mother Center Pilgrimages

    View glimpses of the 2025 SRF World Convocation pilgrimage tours to the Mother Center that took place this past June.

    Monastic hosts welcomed visitors from around the world sharing inspiring stories from the Guru’s life. Pilgrims enjoyed meditating in the sacred surroundings, devotional chanting with the nuns, visiting Paramahansaji’s shrine rooms, and a traditional Indian meal.

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    Easter Sunrise Service with Brother Chidananda

    View a recording of Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, conducting an Easter Sunrise service on April 20, 2025. The occasion — livestreamed worldwide — marked 100 years since Paramahansa Yogananda led the first such service at the International Headquarters in April 1925.

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    Self-Realization Magazine Articles Commemorating the Mother Center Centennial

    The 2024 annual issue of the Self-Realization magazine contains articles dedicated to the Mother Center Centennial.

    Available on the SRF bookstore and in temple bookrooms.

    2024 SRM Cover
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    About

    Paramahansa Yogananda established the international headquarters, the Mother Center, of Self-Realization Fellowship in 1925. It is located on the crest of Mt. Washington, five miles from downtown Los Angeles. Here he lived and worked for more than twenty-five years, and from this center his lectures, writings, and recorded talks are published and made available worldwide.

    Also situated here are ashrams (monastic communities) for Self-Realization Fellowship monastics.

    Paramahansa Yogananda’s living quarters at the Mother Center have been preserved as a
    shrine, and there are exhibits of some of his personal effects in the library and reception hall. The chapel where he conducted services throughout the years is open daily for prayer and meditation. A lovely outdoor “temple of leaves,” where he often gave classes, also invites quiet reflection and meditation, and visitors are welcome to enjoy the Mother Center gardens.

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    International Headquarters Retrofit & Rehabilitation Project

    To learn more about plans for the much-needed seismic life-safety retrofit project, for the International Headquarters of SRF, please visit the IHQ Retrofit & Rehabilitation Project webpage.

    Visiting Hours

    General Opening Hours

    Meditation Grounds

    • Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    • Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    • Closed on Mondays and holidays

    Visitors’ Center & Main International Headquarters Building

    • Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    • Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    • Closed on Mondays and holidays

    Note: Visiting hours can change on short notice. Changes will be indicated in the section below:

     

    Special Events and Holidays

    October

    Friday, October 31

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Halloween

    November

    Saturday, November 8

    Main Building closed for Kriya Yoga Initiation

    Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    November 27

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds closed

    Thanksgiving Day

    Friday, November 28

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Saturday, November 29

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    December

    Tuesday, December 23

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds closed

    Wednesday, December 24

    Main Building closed

    Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Christmas Eve

    Thursday, December 25

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds close

    Christmas Day

    Friday, December 26

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    January 2026

    Thursday, January 1

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds open 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    New Year’s Day

    Monday, January 5

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds closed

    Saturday, January 10

    Meditation in honor of Paramahansa Yogananda

    Main Building and Meditation Grounds closed

    Contact

    3880 San Rafael Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90065

    (323) 225-2471