Just inland from the Pacific Coast Highway and easy to miss when you're rushing to catch the sunset, the mystical, mysterious Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is run by a non-denominational order that welcomes visitors but doesn't proselytise to them. Set on a ten-acre site that was used as a film set during the silent era, the lovely gardens evoke old Hollywood: look out for the Dutch windmill chapel, the Mississippi houseboat and a number of gliding swans. The East, meanwhile, is represented by a gilded lotus gate enclosing a shrine that contains some of Gandhi's ashes.
Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
Time Out says
Meditation gardens open Wednesday through Sunday with free reservations.
Details
- Address:
- 17190 Sunset Boulevard
- Los Angeles
- 90272
- Cross street:
- at Pacific Coast Highway
- Contact:
- View Website
- 310-454-4114
- Price:
- Free
- Opening hours:
- Wed–Sun noon–4pm
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- Sign in & claim business
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