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This 3.5-hour walking tour with an English-speaking guide takes you to the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh, where the Beatles stayed and wrote 48 songs including those on the White Album. See the domed meditation buildings, graffiti art and murals while hearing about the history of Transcendental Meditation and how it spread around the world. You also walk along the ghats of the Ganges and Janki Setu bridge and visit a goshala, a shelter caring for abandoned cows, to experience the faith and daily culture of Rishikesh. The tour runs in small groups of up to 10 people.
At 2 PM, meet your English-speaking guide near Janki Bridge to start the tour. Walking along the ghats, riverside steps built for holy bathing and rituals, you hear about the belief that bathing in the Ganges washes away sins. You also walk past the cremation ghat and along Janki Setu bridge.
Visit the Beatles Ashram, originally called Chaurasi Kutiya, meaning "84 meditation huts". Set on a cliff beside the Ganges and covering about 14 acres, this is where the Beatles wrote 48 songs and created the White Album. Look around the domed buildings, graffiti art and murals as you learn about the history of Transcendental Meditation and its worldwide spread.
Finally, visit a goshala, a shelter for abandoned cows and cows that cannot bear calves. In India, cows are considered sacred animals to be protected and cared for, and here Uttaranchal Theerth Vikas Parishad looks after about 200 cows. The tour ends at 5:30 PM.
※ You will walk about 5 km during the tour.
Meeting point :
Janki Bridge (near Ved Niketan)
4886+C8H, Janki Bridge, near Ved Niketan, Swarg Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249304, India
Meeting point information:
Meet at Janki Bridge (Janki Setu) near Ved Niketan in the Swarg Ashram area.
4886+C8H, Janki Bridge, near Ved Niketan, Swarg Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249304, India