The lake also played a key role in the shrine's unlikely escape from the Palisades fire, as a family of three devotees used its waters to extinguish threatening flames. Self-Realization Fellowship ...

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The Pacific Palisades fire has burned 23,713 acres and is 13 percent contained as of Monday. Mandatory evacuations impact over 150,000 residents, with high winds complicating firefighting efforts.

Even as, just 20 feet away, the Lake Shrine museum and bookshop with artifacts from Yogananda’s life still stands. The living quarters of the 14 monks who reside on the property also took a hit.