Short answers, pulled from the story.
Paramahansa Yogananda dedicated the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine on the 20th of August 1950. The event took place in Pacific Palisades, California before a crowd of 1,500 people.
Thomas H. Ince purchased the land in Santa Ynez Canyon in 1912 to create Bison Ranch. He later established Triangle/Ince Studios in Culver City in 1915 and developed the property into what is now known as Inceville.
A thousand-year-old Chinese stone sarcophagus holds a portion of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes inside the memorial shrine. Dr. V.M. Nawle sent the ashes to Paramahansa Yogananda from Pune, India for this purpose.
The Dutch windmill chapel closed to the public in 2013 after erosion, termites, and the 1994 Northridge earthquake caused structural failures. Engineers discovered the octagonal tower was not well-connected to lower masonry walls during exploratory demolition.
The chapel reopened on the 27th of July 2015 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by Brother Achalananda. The nearly two-year restoration process involved SRF monks, architects, and engineers using rare old growth redwood beams.