31/10/2025
Standing where The Beatles stood! More Beatles’ Ashram spam…I came all this way for the art, now you have to enjoy it with me. Swipe to your heart’s content 🤗
The energy here is unreal!
The Beatles’ Ashram (originally Chaurasi Kutia Ashram) was established by Yogi Maharishi as a training center for Transcendental Meditation teachers.
There are 84 dome-shaped meditation caves spread across the entire hillside (this place is massive)…84 symbolizing the 84 lakh (8.4 million) life forms a soul is believed to pass through before attaining liberation.
Practitioners would sit these caves inside for hours of silent meditation focusing on their personal mantra.
In 1968 The Beatles stayed at the ashram to study TM under Maharishi. They wrote many songs during this time there (like the one in this audio, it’s a good one!)
After a few months The Beatles left abruptly and Maharishi began moving operations elsewhere until it was abandoned and began falling into ruin.
It’s now back under the Indian Forest Department as part of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve.
Many artists and visitors have covered the ashram’s walls with graffiti, murals and street art turning it into a kind of open-air gallery celebrating the Beatles’ legacy.
Special place, it’s a shame it’s in ruins.
