25 Jan 2018

Fifty years on from The Beatles ashram get-away

From Afternoons, 1:24 pm on 25 January 2018

It's 50 years next month since The Beatles made their now-famous journey to India to study Hindu mysticism under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The authorities in the Indian province of Uttarakhand are trying to revive tourism at the Chaurasi Kutiya ashram site.

Local journalist Raju Gusain is somewhat of an expert on the Fab Four's 1968 stay and talks about future plans for the ashram.