It was great to visit the ruins of the compound that The Beatles stayed at during their TM studies in India fifty years ago this month. (Btw I’m really proud of how much info I so easily conveyed in that opening sentence).
Visitors have scrawled graffiti and artists have painted murals across many of the ruins...
It was cool to be where they were when they wrote many songs that appeared on the White Album. I’d always imagined them having stayed in big tents, so it was peculiar seeing that they stayed in little hotel-like rooms (You can see those rooms in my prievious post)...
It was even better to go on a day when I was the only visitor (Again, any Indian authorities reading, I mix fact and fiction. Everything was on the up and up)).
I’m happy that I didn’t have to witness endless streams of young women doing yoga poses in front of the beautiful architecture and murals painted by artists. Does every young woman who has ever done yoga have to break out in asanas everywhere now? Do they teach this in your classes? Has the Sanskrit translation of asana been whittled down from its original “asana pose for the camera.” Is this something I’m going to have to endure from now on?
I’m waiting to see a selfie posted online of a young yoga enthusiast doing an asana in front of the Mona Lisa. “Oh, oh. This is such a beautiful picture of a lady! (place, event, etc). Here! Get a picture of me standing on my head and spreading my legs! I want to make it more about me showing off.”
These pics are of the main hall where the guests gathered for social events. When the Beatles, Donavan, Mike Love, Mia Farrow, and Prudence Farrow were here they celebrated George Harrison’s 25th birthday. Harrison gave a sitar performance. I’m betting this is the building where they held the festivities.
!steemitworldmap 30.1098 lat 78.3122 long . More from where the Beatles studied in Rishikesh India, d3scr
