Magical History Tour of the Beatles Ashram

Magical History Tour of the Beatles Ashram

A Magical History Tour of the Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh. It is a guided educational tour for those who want to enrich his/her own history & spiritual wisdom. The Beatles ashram is a journey of discovery in itself.

Beach Boys or Four Fabs who have lived here in the Ashram in 1968 and composed 48 songs and it is a very place where Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced first time the technique of the Transcendental Meditation in 1962, which remains a landing place for fans of music and meditation.

The ashram is locally known as Chaurasi Kutiya. The ashram’s compound sprawls in 15 acres & 150 feet above the bank of the river Ganges. It is located around 1 km away from Ramjhula in the Rajaji National Park. The Ashram is protected monument in Rishikesh

Detailed Itineraries

Typically the tour starts at 1:30 Pm and finishes at 4:30 pm. This half-day tour runs either between 10 am and 1 pm or 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm. You start the tour by walk from the famous Bridge Ram Jhula. A walk along the banks of the Ganges about 1 km, then you reach the entry point of the Ashram’s Gate & the Ashram is guarded due to the wildlife sanctuary.

Once you enter the ashram, you immerse into the Igloo-shaped structures. They are designed for the meditation retrea. When you keep walking up and you find a big structure in the center that is Gallery & Hall and more further on the left, a Shiva Temple, ashram’s Post Office, the Kitchen area , Printing block area, and Ved Bhavan that is served as Lectures Hall, where Maharishi used to give the lectures on Vedic philosophy every afternoon and evening.

Later, further, on the right, the residential apartments, specially built for Beatles and other western visitors,and behind, there is the Yoga Hall, attached with 84 concrete-made chambers, is initially called Chaurasi Kutiya, where Maharishi Yogi introduced a course of transcendental meditation for 40 days to Indian Sadhus, Monks, spiritual masters, and seekers.

Later, You pay a visit to Maharshi Mahesh Yogi’s Bungalow along with a cluster of the Igloo-Shaped small concrete huts that were built especially for the mediation retreat.

Inclusions

• English Speaking History Guide only.