Encinitas: Our History and People
Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community
Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021
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1936 ä • The Self-Realization Hermitage (1105 2nd Street) is established. In the early<br />
1930s while traveling by car from Los Angeles to San Diego, Paramahansa<br />
Yogan<strong>and</strong>a asks his driver to pull over to the bluffs on the right to stop for a scenic<br />
picnic. He is enthralled with the majestic ocean views. Soon after Yogan<strong>and</strong>a<br />
began his travels, one of his followers, James J. Lynn, purchases the property <strong>and</strong><br />
has the hermitage built. Two years later Mr. Lynn presents this gift to Yogan<strong>and</strong>a.<br />
Yogan<strong>and</strong>a departs from his physical body March 1952. His dwelling has not<br />
been changed in any way. The Meditation Garden is open to the public Tuesday<br />
through Sunday. Occasionally the private areas are open for public tours.<br />
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Above: Left to right, Muriel Kincaid,<br />
Irene Rupe, Hilda Remmele, Isabel<br />
Rupe, <strong>and</strong> Florence Kincaid.<br />
Left: The Golden Lotus Temple, c.<br />
1938. Built on the bluff within the Self<br />
Realization Fellowship grounds in<br />
1938. Unfortunately, the temple<br />
toppled to the beach below just four<br />
years later in 1942. The tiled<br />
entryway is still prominent on the<br />
garden grounds.<br />
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