The abandoned Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ashram where the Beatles wrote much of the White Album in 1968, now overgrown, graffitied and strangely beautiful.
Inside Rajaji National Park land, so the ticket is a forest department one. Closes at 4pm sharp. Carry water — there is nothing inside.
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Drop-in hatha and ashtanga classes run all day across the ashram belt, from beginner sessions to formal…
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The evening fire ceremony on the ashram's ghat, led by resident students, with chanting and lamps…
The main bathing ghat in the town centre, busiest at the evening Maha Aarti and at dawn when pilgrims…
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The iron suspension bridge that defines Rishikesh, with the Tera Manzil temple at one end and the…