Rishikesh is like a Beatles melody. There’s a riff of religion, a strum of spirituality, a yodel of yoga. People go to Rishikesh in search of their soul (Swapan Seth) But there was no sheng of style ...

At a quaint The Beatles-themed cafe in Rishikesh that overlooks the Ganga, the constant gush of the river that usually accompanies music from the band’s 60s hits, played on loop, is interrupted by a ...

At the next Beatles’ fan club meeting, worshippers can leave Abbey Road alone, and instead join hands and meditate in an Indian ashram like John, Paul, George and Ringo did in 1968. Authorities in the ...

Interior of Maharishi's Ashram, which The Beatles visited in 1968 - this photo is part of Beatles Bungalow exhibition by photographer Michael Donald. Sometimes, decay, not restoration, may be the best ...

Fifty years after the Beatles came to India, the bungalows where the Fab Four lived, the post office where John Lennon sent Yoko Ono postcards and the giggling guru’s house are all ruins. Tourists ...

I made my first visit to Chaurasi Kutiya, now popularly known as the Beatles Ashram, in Rishikesh way back in 2003. The simple idea of my trip was to write a piece for the Hindustan Times, where I was ...

Yesterday: all my troubles seemed so far away. Bars of a much-loved song wafted in from a distant past and had us waltzing with memories as we walked down a pathway punctuated with ruins of what was ...

Dehradun: Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami kicked off the three-day ‘The Beatles & the Ganga Festival’ at Chaurasi Kutiya in Rishikesh on Friday evening. The festival is being organised by the Pauri ...