Beatles Ashram Beatles Ashram Beatles Ashram, also known as Chaurasi Kutia, is an ashram close to the north Indian city of Rishikesh in the state of Uttarakhand. It is located on the eastern bank of the Ganges river, opposite the Muni Ki Reti area of Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas. During the 1960s and 1970s, as the International Academy of Meditation, it was the training centre for students of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who devised the Transcendental Meditation technique. The ashram gained international attention between February and April 1968 when the English rock band the Beatles studied meditation there, along with
Guru Dhanapal in "Periya Idathu Mappillai" (1997) and "Raja Magal", which did not release, as well as directing a portion of "Suyamvaram" (1999), which featured an ensemble cast of actors from the Tamil film industry. His final venture was the much-delayed Sathyaraj starrer "Suyetchai MLA" in 2006. A further project titled "Vanthanga Jeyichanga" launched in 1998 with Sathyaraj, failed to materialise. Guru Dhanapal died on 18 April 2014 at the age of 55 in Coimbatore after being admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains. Guru Dhanapal Guru Dhanapal (2 March 1959 – 18 April 2014) was an Indian film director, who worked