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
Kaduvetti Guru Kaduvetti Guru Kaduvetti Guru, also known as J. Gurunathan and J. Guru and Maveeran Guru (1 February 1961 – 25 May 2018) was an Indian politician who was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu. Also known as Gurunathan, Guru represented the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party. This had been formed from the Vanniyar Sangam, a caste association of which Guru was president and which was known on occasion for its violent protests against Dalit people. After an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1996, Guru was elected