Rishikesh
We only have two days left in this magical place. It will be difficult to leave despite the fact that I want to get back to my loved one. Life is a journey and the path forward is not always clear, but if I have the opportunity to return here in the future I would not hesitate. That is especially true if I could return here with this same group of people.
Today we are going to visit…
While not technically “the Beatles ashram,” they along with a few other famous singer song writers of the 70’s put the ashram on the map.
This is actually the ashram founded by Maharishi Mehesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation. At one point the Beatles spent a month in the ashram writing the music that became their “White” album.
The ashram sits inside a national tiger preserve and is no longer an ashram. The buildings are showing the signs of aging but the grounds are now under extensive renovation to preserve all that is there. There is graffiti in many buildings, some of it is very beautiful.
There is a gallery onsite with terrific photos of the Beatles taken during their stay at the ashram.
The site contains 84 man made meditation “caves” like the ones pictured above.
Some of the onsite housing and the beauty of the site.
If there is a message to toke away from my visit to the ashram perhaps it is this…
Visiting “The Beatles Ashram” has been a marvelous blessing. Rishikesh is a place of wild beauty and truly unexpected discovery.