Beatles Rishikesh

"To stand where the Beatles once did," Samantha wrote

In February 1968, the Beatles had fetched up at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram (retreat) in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh district.

Six foreign tourists who tried to sit out the coronavirus pandemic in a cave have been sent to quarantine at an ashram near Rishikesh, a town where the Beatles also stayed after running out of money.

Fifty years after the Beatles came to India, the bungalows where the Fab Four lived, the post office where John Lennon sent Yoko Ono postcards and the giggling guru's house are all ruins.

Sitting humbly on the floor in his orange robes, the spiritual head of the biggest ashram in Rishikesh rejoices at how yoga has spread across the globe in the 50 years since The Beatles first visited the holy city.

In 1968, when The Beatles made their way to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Chaurasi Kuttiya Ashram, little did they know that the retreat would make its way on the world map as the 'Beatles' Ashram'. "Our aim is to ensure that visitors don't simply come for The Beatles connection, but to learn the magic of nature, meditation and yoga"

Popularly known as The Beatles Ashram, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's 'chaurasi kuttiya ashram' in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh opened for public on December 8.

"To stand where the Beatles once did," Samantha wrote

In February 1968, the Beatles had fetched up at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram (retreat) in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh district.

Six foreign tourists who tried to sit out the coronavirus pandemic in a cave have been sent to quarantine at an ashram near Rishikesh, a town where the Beatles also stayed after running out of money.

Fifty years after the Beatles came to India, the bungalows where the Fab Four lived, the post office where John Lennon sent Yoko Ono postcards and the giggling guru's house are all ruins.

Sitting humbly on the floor in his orange robes, the spiritual head of the biggest ashram in Rishikesh rejoices at how yoga has spread across the globe in the 50 years since The Beatles first visited the holy city.

In 1968, when The Beatles made their way to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Chaurasi Kuttiya Ashram, little did they know that the retreat would make its way on the world map as the 'Beatles' Ashram'. "Our aim is to ensure that visitors don't simply come for The Beatles connection, but to learn the magic of nature, meditation and yoga"

Popularly known as The Beatles Ashram, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's 'chaurasi kuttiya ashram' in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh opened for public on December 8.