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=== San Diego Temple ===
Yogananda established San Diego Temple in [[Bankers Hill, San Diego]], on 5 September 1943, during [[World War II]]. The front walkway of the temple is lined with cypress trees planted by Yogananda. He dedicated the temple as a Church of All Religions with the following prayer: <blockquote>Heavenly Father, may this church be blessed with the vibrations of Self-perception of Thy presence, and when we discuss theology and philosophy, may we not get sidetracked by the pitfalls of intellectual egotism and blind emotion, but travel straight to the highway of Self-Realization and truth which leads to Thee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sandiegotemple.org/about/|title=Self-Realization Fellowship - San Diego Temple |website=sandiegotemple.org |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> In 1945, Mrinilini Mata, then fourteen-year-old Merna Brown, first met Yogananda at this temple and a year later entered the ashram in Encinitas.<ref name="Temples" /blockquote>
 
In 1945, Mrinilini Mata, then fourteen-year-old Merna Brown, first met Yogananda at this temple and a year later entered the ashram in Encinitas.<ref name= Temples/>
 
=== Twentynine Palms ===
Yogananda spent most of the last four years of his life in seclusion at his desert ashram in Twentynine Palms, California, with some of his closest disciples. There he completed his writings, including the revisions of his books, articles and lessons written previously.<ref name="Gita">{{cite book |last=Yogananda |first=Paramahansa |title=God Talks With Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita |page=xii |year=1995 |publisher=Self-Realization Fellowship |location=Los Angeles, California |isbn=0-87612-030-3}}</ref><ref name="Temples" />