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][6][7] After establishing SRF's headquarters in Los Angeles in 1925, Paramahansa Yogananda began searching for a site to build a seaside hermitage.

[3][8][9] After his return to the United States from India in 1936, Yogananda took up residence in the hermitage, dedicating it in 1937.

[11][12][7] Yogananda designed and built the Golden Lotus Temple near the edge of the bluff, dedicating it on 2 January 1938.