Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the Indian guru who first met The Beatles in 1967. They became fascinated by his techniques of Transcendental Meditation, and in 1968 visited the Maharishi’s spiritual training camp in Rishikesh, India. He was born Mahesh Prasad Varma on 12 January 1918, in the Panduka area of Raipur, India. He studied physics at Allahabad University, and in around 1939 became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, who from 1941 was the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Indian city of Jyotir Math. In 1941 Maharishi became a personal assistant to Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, whom he knew as Guru … Continue reading Maharishi Mahesh Yogi