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In 1968, the Beatles traveled to Rishikesh, India, to spend time with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Transcendental Meditation Center. It wasn't exactly a "getaway" in the way you or I would think, as they took an entourage of 60 people and were followed by the press. None of the Fab Four stayed as long as they had planned, but John and George were there for a couple of months. The Beatles returned to England with a slew of their most creative songs having been written during their stay.
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So what happened after that? Rishikesh, which has many ashrams, became quite popular among Westerners who discovered Transcendental Meditation and other Eastern disciplines and religions. The Maharishi died in 1981, and the Transcendental Meditation Center was abandoned and left to be taken over by nature. Yet visitors still came, and in 2015, it was officially opened to the public again. Learn about this unique Ashram, its place in history, and what it's like now at Messy Nessy Chic.