Boston Globe article, September 20, 1920

Boston Center’s Annual Footsteps Tour

The Boston Center of SRF has established the tradition of hosting a pilgrimage bus tour to the places in the Boston area where Paramahansa Yogananda lectured, visited and stayed during his early years in America.  Each year, the bus tour is scheduled for the Sunday before Sept. 19, the date the City of Sparta docked in Boston Harbor in 1920. A publication, “In the Footsteps of Paramahansa Yogananda,” containing many of the locations visited on the tour is available below.

Sri Daya Mata, our past president of Self-Realization Fellowship, wrote this letter to the Boston Center, stating,

“Although it has been many years since he walked the streets of Boston, Guruji is ever in your hearts, a living loving presence that will become more real to you as you meditate deeply and practice his teachings.”

September 2026 Footsteps Tour

We are happy to announce that the 2026 bus tour, “In the Footsteps of Paramahansa Yogananda,” will be held Sunday, Sept. 13 from 1 to 6 p.m. It will feature videos and readings describing the significance of the locations visited. We will also stop and disembark at two locations: Piers Park, where Paramahansaji first set foot in America; and 9 Lester Terrace, the former home of one of Paramahansaji’s first disciples in America, Sister Yogmata.

Check-in for the Sept. 13 tour will begin in the Boston Center lobby at 12:15 p.m. We will board the bus at 12:45 p.m. We expect to return to the Center at 6 p.m.

Registration is now closed. If you wish to be added to the wait list or want more information, please write to bmg.secretary@gmail.com.

Click here to view and download our publication, In the Footsteps of Paramahansa Yogananda.

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For more information, please write to boston.srf@gmail.com.