Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles - Copyright AFP/File Sajjad HUSSAIN Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the ...

John Lennon was asked if The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude” was inspired by an aspect of Indian culture. He gave a layered answer. In addition, he compared “Hey Jude” to several other classic songs. Mantras are ...

In India, The Beatles were not regular tourists. They stayed at an ashram (monastery) in the holy city of Rishikesh to learn about spirituality from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of ...

The Beatles and their significant others (front row) with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (seated, top) in February, 1968, in Rishikesh, India. Credit: Screen grab In all the nooks and crannies of Beatles ...

The path to the Beatles Ashram, once the tranquil retreat of the famous British band, is now overgrown with lush plants reclaiming the crumbling structures. Tucked away in the Himalayan foothills, ...

You can praise The Beatles for a lot of reasons. High on that list should be the fact that they refused to settle on strategies that worked for them in early successes. Instead, they kept pushing the ...

Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade ...

While My Guitar Gently Weeps is frequently cited among The Beatles' most iconic tracks, particularly from the latter half of ...

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - The embalmed body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge ...

Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles during their magical mystery trip in Rishikesh over half a century ago, has died aged 88.