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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)

Some of the negotiations concerned a movie that was to be about either the Maharishi or his own guru. Paul Horn put the deal together with [[Four Star Films]].<ref name=Feather/> John Farrow was to direct. They were planning to film at the ashram, and at [[Kashmir]], where the Maharishi planned to go when Rishikesh got too hot in the summer.

==Lennon and Harrison
's departure==
Lennon and Harrison left abruptly in April, a few weeks after McCartney.<ref name=MacDonald/> The cause for their sudden departure has various explanations. The immediate statements by the Beatles said that they were disillusioned by the Maharishi's desire for financial gain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maharishi Yogi Turns Other Cheek to the Beatles' Slur|first=WAYNE|last=WARGA|work=Los Angeles Times|date=17 May 1968|page=D14}}</ref>

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