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{{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)

==Arrival==
[[John Lennon]], his wife [[Cynthia Lennon|Cynthia]], George and Pattie Harrison, and Pattie's sister, [[Jenny Boyd]],<ref name=Boyd/> arrived in [[Delhi]] on 16 February, then took a 
{{convert|150-|mile|km|adj=on}} taxi drive to Rishikesh. [[Paul McCartney]], his girlfriend [[Jane Asher]], [[Ringo Starr]] and his wife [[Maureen Starkey|Maureen]] arrived four days later.<ref name=BeatlesBible/> The group arrived three weeks after the session, due to end 25 April, had already begun.<ref name=Lelyveld>{{cite news|title=Beatles' Guru is Turning Them Into Gurus With Cram Course|first=Joseph|last=Lelyveld|date=23 February 1968|work=The New York Times}}</ref> They were accompanied by a small retinue o(contracted; show full)ws|title=JERRY STOVIN, ACTOR: 1922-2005|first=John|last=Chaput|work=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto, Ont.|date=2 November 2005|page=S.9}}</ref> and dozens of other, all Europeans or Americans – about sixty people in all.<ref name=Boyd/><ref name=Lelyveld/> Despite speculation that she might attend, [[Shirley MacLaine]] did not appear.<ref name=Lefferts/>

==Facility==
Located in the holy "Valley of the Saints", the "International Academy of Meditation" was a 
{{convert|14-|acre|m2|adj=on}} compound across from [[Rishikesh]], the "yoga capital of the world" and home to many ashrams, in the foothills of the [[Himalayas]], 150 feet{{convert|150|ft|m}} above the [[Ganges|River Ganges]] and surrounded by jungle.<ref>{{Coord|30.109745|78.312774|format=dms}}</ref><ref name=NCH/><ref name=Turner>{{cite news|title=The Fab Tour|first=STEVE|last=TURNER|work=Mail on Sunday|location=London (UK)|date=11 March 2007|page=91}}</ref> While ashrams are traditionally spartan or primitive, the Maharishi's was designed to suit Western habits and described as "luxurious" but also as "seedy".<ref name=Nossiter>{{c(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:History of The Beatles|Rishikesh]]
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