Difference between revisions 156726444 and 156726445 on dewiki

{{The Beatles history|above=[[File:The Beatles at Rishikesh.jpg|150px]]<br>The Beatles in Rishikesh with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi}}

'''[[The Beatles]] were in [[Rishikesh]]''', India, in 1968, to attend an advanced [[Transcendental Meditation]] (TM) training session at the [[ashram]] of [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]]. The trip came six months after The Beatles first met the Maharishi, in August, 1967. Their adoption of him as their guru attracted wide attention and is credited w(contracted; show full)he Harrisons were not ready to go back to England, and stayed in [[Delhi]] for a while.<ref name=B&G/> The Lennons caught the first flight back, during which John recounted to his crying wife a drunken litany of his numerous infidelities<ref name=B&G/> (their marriage ended soon after). The departure and split with the Maharishi was well-publicised. Lennon announced to the press, "We made a mistake. What could be more simple?"<ref name=Goldman/> It was the last time the 
four Beatles travelled together outside of England as a group.<ref name=Gould/>

Mia Farrow also left the ashram and drifted around India for a time. Prudence stayed with the three-month programme and became an initiator, along with 40 other students.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beatles Fail Bid for Yoga Discipleship|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 April 1968|page=C8}}</ref> Mike Love finished the programme and travelled with the Maharishi to [[Kashmir]] later in the year. The Beach Boys toured with the Maharishi in the U.S. soon after. Harrison, McCartney(contracted; show full)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beatles At Rishikesh, The}}
[[Category:History of The Beatles|Rishikesh]]
[[Category:Transcendental Meditation movement]]
[[Category:1968 in India]]

[[fr:Séjour des Beatles en Inde]]
[[it:Soggiorno dei Beatles in India]]