File:Meditation chambers at the old Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram, now in ruins, Muni Ki Reti.jpg

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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" class="extiw" title="w:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a> had built 121 meditation huts in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashram" class="extiw" title="w:Ashram"> Ashram</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishikesh" class="extiw" title="w:Rishikesh"> Rishikesh</a> so that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu" class="extiw" title="w:Sadhu">Sadhus</a> could reside, do their spiritual practices and take their meals. These buildings are post-Beatles' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_in_India" class="extiw" title="w:The Beatles in India"> memorable stay</a> - which made this Ashram world famous in February 1968 when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" class="extiw" title="w:The Beatles"> Fab four</a> went there to deepen their experience of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation" class="extiw" title="w:Transcendental Meditation"> Transcendental Meditation</a> practice. In the nineties the lease of the Ashram was not renewed by the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajaji_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajaji National Park (page does not exist)">Rajaji National Park</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> Forest Department authorities. According to ancient Vastu principles, the location of the Ashram is not considered auspicious. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastu_shastra" class="extiw" title="w:Vastu shastra">Vastu shastras</a> states that one should build on an Eastern slope with unobstructed view of sunrise and that the river should be on the Eastern or Northern side. New Maharishi Ashrams are now in auspicious Vastu locations on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges" class="extiw" title="w:Ganges">Ganges</a>, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad" class="extiw" title="w:Allahabad">Allahabad</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakashi" class="extiw" title="w:Uttarakashi">Uttarakashi</a> and at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Vastu_Architecture" class="extiw" title="w:Maharishi Vastu Architecture">Brahmastan of India</a> (geographical center) of India <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" class="extiw" title="w:Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>.

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current12:46, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:46, 6 January 20171,600 × 1,200 (554 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" class="extiw" title="w:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a> had built 121 meditation huts in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashram" class="extiw" title="w:Ashram"> Ashram</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishikesh" class="extiw" title="w:Rishikesh"> Rishikesh</a> so that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu" class="extiw" title="w:Sadhu">Sadhus</a> could reside, do their spiritual practices and take their meals. These buildings are post-Beatles' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_in_India" class="extiw" title="w:The Beatles in India"> memorable stay</a> - which made this Ashram world famous in February 1968 when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" class="extiw" title="w:The Beatles"> Fab four</a> went there to deepen their experience of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation" class="extiw" title="w:Transcendental Meditation"> Transcendental Meditation</a> practice. In the nineties the lease of the Ashram was not renewed by the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajaji_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajaji National Park (page does not exist)">Rajaji National Park</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> Forest Department authorities. According to ancient Vastu principles, the location of the Ashram is not considered auspicious. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastu_shastra" class="extiw" title="w:Vastu shastra">Vastu shastras</a> states that one should build on an Eastern slope with unobstructed view of sunrise and that the river should be on the Eastern or Northern side. New Maharishi Ashrams are now in auspicious Vastu locations on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges" class="extiw" title="w:Ganges">Ganges</a>, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad" class="extiw" title="w:Allahabad">Allahabad</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakashi" class="extiw" title="w:Uttarakashi">Uttarakashi</a> and at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Vastu_Architecture" class="extiw" title="w:Maharishi Vastu Architecture">Brahmastan of India</a> (geographical center) of India <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" class="extiw" title="w:Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>.
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